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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. List of hoaxes - Wikipedia

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    Blue waffle, a supposedly contagious sexually-transmitted infection affecting only women, causing a blue discoloration of the vagina. Pierre Brassau, a pseudonym for a chimpanzee whose art was exhibited in a gallery under the presumption that Brassau was a real human artist. The chimpanzee received positive reviews from several critics.

  4. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Quick Take: List of Scam Area Codes. More than 300 area codes exist in the United States alone which is a target-rich environment for phone scammers.

  5. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Call Forwarding Scam involves a fraudster tricking the victim into dialing a specific phone number, which then reroutes all incoming calls and text messages victim receives to the scammer's device. [57] Scammers in-turn intercepts bank messages and OTPs, while the victim remains unaware.

  6. Scam alert: Georgia drivers targeted by fake express ... - AOL

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    Recently, a number of Georgia drivers have been targeted by a scam involving fake text messages about unpaid Georgia Express Lane fees.. According to malwaretips.com, these messages create a sense ...

  7. Fake Waffle House worker steals from register at end of her ...

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    A woman is accused of posing as a Waffle House employee before stealing cash from the register, Georgia authorities say.. Now police need help finding her. Officers arrived just after 8:30 a.m ...

  8. 809 scam - Wikipedia

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    An 809 scam is a form of phone fraud which exploits the tendency of telephone subscribers in Canada and the United States to presume that a number in the familiar North American Numbering Plan format of 1-NPA-NXX-XXXX is a domestic call at standard rates because of the absence of the 011- international prefix which normally indicates an overseas call.

  9. 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.