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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. I’ve been scammed — will my bank refund the money? - AOL

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    Call customer service as soon as possible to report all fraudulent transactions involved in the scam. The sooner you report the scam, the more likely you are to see a refund. Freeze your accounts ...

  5. 'Be wary:' FBI warns shoppers of holiday scams as Black ...

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    The FBI has issued a holiday scam advisory, warning shoppers to "be wary" of potential grifts as they begin to shop Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. ... For premium support please call: 800 ...

  6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]

  7. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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    A later version of the 809 scam involves calling cellular telephones then hanging up, in hopes of the curious (or annoyed) victim calling them back. [7] This is the Wangiri scam, with the addition of using Caribbean numbers such as 1-473 which look like North American domestic calls. [8]

  8. Clothing scam companies - Wikipedia

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    A leaflet from a commercial collecting company. Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting used good clothes for charities or to be working for charitable causes, when they are in fact working for themselves, selling the clothes overseas and giving little if anything to charitable causes. [1]

  9. AI voice scams are on the rise. Here's how to protect yourself.

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    Phone numbers also can be spoofed to mimic those of callers known to the target of voice cloning scams. In 2023, senior citizens were conned out of roughly $3.4 billion in a range of financial ...