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2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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   Scan all your devices – Download a reputable anti-virus program that will scan your devices for malware or computer viruses. They should also be capable of detecting phishing programs or those ...

5. Protecting your AOL Account

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   • Regularly scan your computer for spyware and viruses using anti-virus software. If you don’t have a one, we recommend McAfee Internet Security Suite – Special edition from AOL. • Update your Windows or Mac OS operating system to repair necessary programs, hardware and devices. Enabling automatic updates on your computer will do this ...

6. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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   Anti-virus specialists agree that recipients should delete virus hoaxes when they receive them, instead of forwarding them. [5] [6] McAfee says: We are advising users who receive the email to delete it and DO NOT pass it on as this is how an email HOAX propagates. [5] F-Secure recommends: Do not forward hoax messages.

7. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   Scammers target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24-37) and people part of generation Z (age 18-23) have the highest exposure to tech support scams and the Federal Trade Commission has found that seniors (age 60 and over) are more likely to lose money to tech support scams.

8. How to spot a scam online - AOL

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   You can report scam phone calls to the FTC Complaint Assistant. Online scam No. 4 : "Tech support” reaches out to you unsolicited Real tech support never reaches out to you unsolicited.

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

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   2. Sign up for Credit Monitoring. Knowledge is power and keeping track of what’s happening with your credit, BEFORE a scammer gets to you is a great tool.