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  2. Beware of Fake USPS Text Messages - AOL

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    Smishing is a form of phishing involving a text or phone number. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  3. What is quishing? US Postal Inspection Service warns of new ...

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    The quishing scam notice comes two weeks after the U.S. Postal Inspection Service warned about another form of phishing called smishing in which scammers send a text message disguised as a ...

  4. Sick of those scam text messages? What you can do - AOL

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    From a simple text that says, "track your package with this link," to a message that promises to help pay off loans or give you a coupon code, there are a variety of tactics used.

  5. Kokua Line: How do I avoid package scam? - AOL

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    Nov. 15—Question : I've been getting a noticeable amount of text messages purportedly from the U.S. Postal Serv ­ice stating, "The USPS package has arrived at the warehouse and cannot be ...

  6. Email spam - Wikipedia

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    An email box folder filled with spam messages.. Email spam, also referred to as junk email, spam mail, or simply spam, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email ().The name comes from a Monty Python sketch in which the name of the canned pork product Spam is ubiquitous, unavoidable, and repetitive. [1]

  7. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 - Wikipedia

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    As of late 2006, CAN-SPAM has been all but ignored by spammers. A review of spam levels in October 2006 estimated that 75% of all email messages were spam, and the number of spam emails complying with the requirements of the law were estimated to be 0.27% of all spam emails. As of 2010, about 90% of email was spam. [39] [40]

  8. 8 phishing email scams to watch out for this holiday season

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    The scam email pretending to be from Target wants you to believe that you are a lucky winner. It uses the words "GIVEAWAY ENTRY WINNER" in large and bold capital letters. It also puts "Final ...

  9. Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse - Wikipedia

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    Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse (also referred to as DCC) is a method of spam email detection. The basic logic in DCC is that most spam mails are sent to many recipients. The same message body appearing many times is therefore bulk email. DCC identifies bulk email by calculating a fuzzy checksum on it and sending that to a DCC server. The ...