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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.
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 ...
A top scam of 2021, the fake invoice scam, is still happening in 2022.
NEW YORK (AP) — It's never fun to be scammed, but if you're a small business owner then falling for a scam can have long-lasting effects on a business, damaging client relationships and profit.
Multi-factor authentication makes it harder for scammers to log on to your accounts if they happen to get a hold of your username and password, according to the FTC. 4. Back up your data.
Your invoice is ready, send me the details in my email and in a few days your Google Knowledge Panal and wiki page will go live, I will share your link. [Paypal account details removed] [Invoice summary $100 for Wikipedia article, $150 for Google Knowledge Panal (sic), $250 total]
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
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.