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2. Seniors, Beware of These Scams - AOL

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   The scammer begs the targeted senior not to tell the grandchild's parents and to wire money to a bail bondsman. ... Another scam that often starts with an email or phone call, this one relies on a ...

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

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   How to spot a scam. Senior citizens, according to the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, are more frequently targeted by financial fraud scams than any other age group. ... Complaints can be ...

4. FBI: Scam that has cost senior citizens millions now in ... - AOL

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   A scam that largely targets senior ... area," FBI officials said in an email Thursday, highlighting the scam. ... assistance with filing a complaint can contact the Justice Department's Elder ...

5. 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.

6. Report abuse or spam on AOL

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   Unsolicited Bulk Email (Spam) AOL protects its users by strictly limiting who can bulk send email to its users. Info about AOL's spam policy, including the ability to report abuse and resources for email senders who are being blocked by AOL, can be found by going to the Postmaster info page .

7. 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 ...

8. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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   The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...

9. Column: They each lost almost $80,000. How to avoid becoming ...

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   Mrs. K., a retired educator living in the downtown L.A. area, was shopping online for a car several weeks ago when she got reeled in. The scam began with a pop-up alert about a computer virus and ...