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  2. Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone ...

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    Although scam callers once used a 900 number, they’ve changed their methods as the general public became aware of their tactic. Now, many scam phone numbers have different area codes, including ...

  3. 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.

  4. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

  5. 'Be wary:' FBI warns shoppers of holiday scams as Black ...

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    Non-payment and non-delivery scams cost consumers more than $309 million dollars in 2023, with credit card fraud accounting for another $173 million dollars in losses, according to a report by the ...

  6. I’ve been scammed — will my bank refund the money? - AOL

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    How to avoid common financial scams. These tips can help you avoid getting caught up in the most common scams targeting Americans: Silence unknown numbers on your cellphone. Often scammers are ...

  7. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    This is such a common crime that the state of Arizona listed affinity scams of this type as its number one scam for 2009. In one recent nationwide religious scam, churchgoers are said to have lost more than $50 million in a phony gold bullion scheme, promoted on daily telephone prayer chains, in which they thought they could earn a huge return ...

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

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    Reports on the purported scam are an Internet hoax, first spread on social media sites in 2017. [1] While the phone calls received by people are real, the calls are not related to scam activity. [1] 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?"

  9. Report abuse or spam on AOL - AOL Help

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    Learn how to report spam and other abusive conduct.