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2. 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.

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. Use AOL Official Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   AOL Mail is focused on keeping you safe while you use the best mail product on the web. One way we do this is by protecting against phishing and scam emails though the use of AOL Official Mail. When we send you important emails, we'll mark the message with a small AOL icon beside the sender name.

5. What's a six-digit verification code — and why you should ...

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   Use a phone number you trust, such as the number on a past statement or a verified number from your phone's address book. Beware of unsolicited messages claiming something’s wrong with your account.

6. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   All the major wireless providers offer some form of free scam protection to customers so make sure you are using the tools available to you. The most robust protection comes from T-Mobile’s Scam ...

7. Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers

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   A new scam tries to use your phone number to scam others, and you could be at risk if you post your number in any public forum. Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers [Video ...

8. Telephone number verification - Wikipedia

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   A JavaScript function can check to see if a phone number is a valid format, i.e., is numeric, starts with a valid set of numbers ("0" for local, or an international dialing prefix followed by a valid country code) and is not too short to be a phone number. At first a JavaScript function is used to clear out any spacer characters.

9. Use AOL Certified Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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   When you open the email, you'll also see the Certified Mail banner above the message details. When you get a message that seems to be from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't alternatively marked as AOL Official Mail, it might be a fake email. Make sure you mark it as spam and don't click on any links in the email.