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  2. Is that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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    Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...

  3. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Call live aol support at. 1-800-358-4860. Get live expert help with your AOL needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications. Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent.

  4. Here's how to spot a scam online - AOL

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    Some examples: They say they've noticed suspicious activity or log-in attempts on your account. They claim there’s a problem with your account or your payment information. They say you need to ...

  5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

  6. The mystery behind those creepy 'Unknown' spam calls - AOL

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    Identity theft companies can monitor personal information like your Social Security number (SSN), phone number and email address and alert you if it is being sold on the dark web or being used to ...

  7. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance. Internet fraud is not considered a single, distinctive crime but covers a range of illegal and illicit ...

  8. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations. Email fraud can take the form of a confidence ...

  9. Can you hear me? (alleged telephone scam) - Wikipedia

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    According to some news reports on the hoax, victims of the purported fraud receive telephone calls from an unknown person who asks, "Can you hear me?" Some reports suggest that the calls are an attempt to record the person saying the word "Yes", in order to then claim the person agreed to authorize charges to a scammer; such claims have been ...