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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  3. The FBI says crypto fraud cost Americans $5.6 billion a year ...

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    The FBI says that while crypto fraud complaints only make up about 10% of financial fraud reports, they comprise 50% of total losses—about $5.6 billion in 2023 alone, according to the agency’s ...

  4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

  5. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    In recent years, there have been cases of scams being done by the people who started the charity. [6] A 2019 example of this was the head of the Long Island Charity, Wafa Abbound. Abbound was found guilty of stealing close to a million dollars. She was charged with bank fraud, money laundering, and embezzling. [7]

  6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's lack of cash, but rather than just borrow the money from the victim (advance fee fraud), the con-artist normally declares that they have checks which the victim can cash on their behalf and remit the money via a non ...

  7. Scam - Wikipedia

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    A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity , naivety , compassion , vanity , confidence , irresponsibility , and greed .

  8. AI is used in half of bank scams. Here’s what you need to ...

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    Types of fraud are diverse, but some stand out as particularly prevalent. Investment scams topped the list, accounting for $4.6 billion in losses, followed by imposter scams at $2.7 billion.

  9. AAA warns of scam emails and texts targeting members. What ...

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    Consider reporting the scam to organizations like the National Consumers League's Fraud.org, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Better Business Bureau's scam ...