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  2. What are phishing scams trying to do? An explainer - AOL

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    Phishing scams usually tell a story to trick you into clicking on a link or opening an attachment, the FTC explains. These emails and texts can say or include things such as: These emails and ...

  3. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information [1] or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware.

  4. Internet safety - Wikipedia

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    Phishing is a type of scam where the scammers disguise themselves as trustworthy source in an attempt to obtain private information such as passwords, credit card information, etc. through the internet. These fake websites are often designed to look identical to their legitimate counterparts to avoid suspicion from the user. [5]

  5. From CAPTCHA to catastrophe: How fake verification pages are ...

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    The fake CAPTCHA scam shows how messy the internet’s ad system has become, with everyone involved passing the buck. Guardio Labs points to ad networks like Monetag as a big part of the problem.

  6. Web threat - Wikipedia

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    A web threat is any threat that uses the World Wide Web to facilitate cybercrime.Web threats use multiple types of malware and fraud, all of which utilize HTTP or HTTPS protocols, but may also employ other protocols and components, such as links in email or IM, or malware attachments or on servers that access the Web.

  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. Go phish? Cybersecurity experts explain what phishing scams are

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    Phishing scams usually tell a story to trick you into clicking on a link or opening an attachment, the FTC explains. These emails and texts can say or include things such as: These emails and ...

  9. 4 things to do to protect yourself online from scams and ...

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    AI has also made phishing scams, which typically involve scammers sending emails that look like they're from a reputable source in order to get personal information about the recipient, more ...

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