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  2. How to identify a fake text message: Online skills 101 - AOL

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    Frequently impersonated businesses and government agencies, including Amazon, Netflix, PayPal, the IRS, the SSA, and the USPS, all have pages with spam text message examples or explain common scam ...

  3. Received A Text Saying You Have Unpaid Tolls? It's Probably A ...

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    Officials are warning that it's probably a scam. Abdullah Durmaz via Getty Images. You may have been briefly alarmed recently by receiving a text message saying you have an unpaid toll fee, and ...

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

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    One of the scams hitting many cell phones is a form of phishing that is called, “smishing.” The text might say, “Jonathan, urgent notice for your USPS package 97OR442 Available for pick 8:55 ...

  5. Toll road scams are back: What to do if you get a text saying ...

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    A popular text message scam continues to rear its ugly head on phones across the U.S., demanding money from consumers for fake unpaid tolls. These texts generally try to impersonate the toll ...

  6. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  7. If you get these texts, delete them immediately - AOL

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    These phishing attempts first started out as phone calls and emails, but now cybercriminals can also reach you via SMS (text message) through a popular phishing scam dubbed “smishing.” “A ...

  8. List of phishing incidents - Wikipedia

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    AOHell, a program released in 1995, allowed hackers to impersonate AOL staff and send instant messages to victims asking them to reveal their passwords [6] by claiming to need to "verify your account" or "confirm billing information". [citation needed] AOHell was a custom-written program used for phishing and warezing on AOL. In an effort to ...

  9. Scammers are now sending fake toll-collection texts to get ...

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    One scam text message reviewed by Business Insider claimed to be from Massachusetts' EZdriveMA toll service. Both state services, EZdriveMA and FastTrak, say they do not send text messages to non ...