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2. 8 ways to spot personal loan scams and protect your finances

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   Consider the following tips to avoid potentially damaging scams. 1. Unrealistic guarantees for approval. One of the easiest ways to spot a loan scam is the promise of guaranteed approval.

3. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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   An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.

4. Demands by phone, fake websites, harassing the bereaved ... - AOL

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   Scam page URLs may look similar but often have slight misspellings or extra characters. Look for https and the padlock icon . The legitimate FPL site is secured.

5. List of Scamming Websites: 11 Fake Shopping Sites To Avoid - AOL

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   The Outdoorbest Store does not seem to be a legitimate company. ... spend the time and money to make sure their sites are error-free. If you notice obvious spelling mistakes or errors, that would ...

6. 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.

7. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   The Spanish Prisoner scam—and its modern variant, the advance-fee scam or "Nigerian letter scam"—involves enlisting the mark to aid in retrieving some stolen money from its hiding place. The victim sometimes believes they can cheat the con artists out of their money, but anyone trying this has already fallen for the essential con by ...

8. Telemarketing fraud - Wikipedia

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   It is common for scammers to target people who have bad credit and are therefore more susceptible to take the offer in hopes to pay off debts or to increase their credit rating. [9] Overpayment fraud – One of the most popular scams making the rounds. A generous overpayment is made to the victim typically using a fake cheque.

9. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...