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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Pay attention to the types of data you're authorizing access to, especially in third-party apps. • 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.

  3. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Scammer phone number lookup: Another option to determine if a phone number calling you is likely scam activity is to search for it on Google. Several websites track scam numbers, and a quick ...

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

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    Phone scams are on the rise as scammers see opportunity thanks to many Americans getting stimulus checks, an increase in concern about COVID vaccine distribution and soon, the annual tax season ...

  5. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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    Phone fraud, or more generally communications fraud, is the use of telecommunications products or services with the intention of illegally acquiring money from, or failing to pay, a telecommunication company or its customers. Many operators have increased measures to minimize fraud and reduce their losses.

  6. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    Crawler devices - A majority of fraudulent calls originate from Nigerian phone scammers, who claim $12.7 billion a year off phone scams. [23] Some callers have to make up to 1000 calls per day. To help with speeding things up, they will sometimes use crawler devices which is computerized to go through every area code calling each number.

  7. PayPaI - Wikipedia

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    The scam involves sending PayPal account holders a notification email claiming that PayPal has "temporarily suspended" their account. Instead of linking to PayPal.com, the site references in the email link to a convincing duplicate of the site at paypai.com, in the hope that the user will enter their PayPal login details, which the owner of ...

  8. Johnny Depp Speaks Out About Online Scammers Pretending to Be ...

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    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ... phone calls, club memberships, or fan cards. If you are ever asked for any money for a meeting, call, membership, or fan card, it is a ...

  9. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    The scammer sends the victim a bogus payment notice for the item's price plus what they claim is a business account upgrade fee, then asks the victim to buy the upgrade from someone impersonating the payment processor so that the victim can receive their payment. The victim does not actually receive any payment, but the scammer receives a ...