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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Viewing from web-based email - Emails from AOL will include icons that will indicate it is either Official mail or Certified mail, depending on the type of email you received. • Viewing from 3rd-party apps - The AOL icons won't appear in apps, even if the email is truly from us. Check the sender's email address without opening the email ...

  3. 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.

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    This is such a common crime that the state of Arizona listed affinity scams of this type as its number one scam for 2009. In one recent nationwide religious scam, churchgoers are said to have lost more than $50 million in a phony gold bullion scheme, promoted on daily telephone prayer chains, in which they thought they could earn a huge return ...

  5. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    From 1986 to 2001, Reed Slatkin raised almost $600 million from about 800 wealthy investors in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in the history of the United States. [31] Tenka Ikka no Kai (天下一家の会, Tenka ikka no kai, literally meaning "The Society of One Family under the Heavens") was a pyramid scheme run by Ken'ichi Uchimura ...

  6. Safety and security features available with AOL Desktop Gold

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    Fortunately, Desktop Gold detects these dangerous websites and will display a warning letting you know. You can choose to go back to safety (recommended) or ignore the warning and continue to the site. Once a phishing website has been confirmed, it's added to a blocklist that's maintained and made available for public use.

  7. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    In September 2011, Microsoft dropped gold partner Comantra from its Microsoft Partner Network following accusations of involvement in cold-call technical-support scams. [60] However, the ease with which companies that carry out technical support scams can be launched makes it difficult to prevent tech support scams from taking place.

  8. Couple duped in ‘very unusual’ gold bar scam loses $115,000 ...

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    A Nebraska couple was recently scammed out of $115,000 in a “very unusual” and “scary” fraud scheme, investigators say. A couple — ages 71 and 68 — were at their home in Lancaster ...

  9. This Queens woman got swindled out of $700K in life savings ...

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    This Queens woman got swindled out of $700K in life savings in shocking gold bar scam — here’s how it works and the 3 red flags to watch out for ... One dozen eggs in America now costs $4.15 ...