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2. 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.

3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   An automated message says "that someone has ordered a free medical alert system for you, and this call is to confirm shipping instructions" before the call is transferred to a live operator who requests the elderly patient's credit card and identity card numbers. The device is not free; there is a high monthly charge for "monitoring".

4. Package redirection scam - Wikipedia

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   A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...

5. Brushing (e-commerce) - Wikipedia

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   A seller pays someone a small amount to place a fake order, or just uses another person's information to place an order themselves. [5] Because a shipment usually has to take place for an order to be considered valid by the e-commerce site, the seller will frequently ship an empty box or some cheap item.

6. 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.

7. Music Producer Accused of Using AI Songs to Scam Streaming ...

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   A music producer was arrested Wednesday and charged with multiple felonies for allegedly scamming more than $10 million in royalties using hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs. Michael ...

8. AAA warns of scam emails and texts targeting members. What ...

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   Consider reporting the scam to organizations like the National Consumers League's Fraud.org, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Better Business Bureau's scam ...

9. Return fraud is costing retailers billions. A new AI program ...

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   Amazon, along with other online giants like Walmart, Target, and Wayfair, were also targeted by a crime ring that recruited legitimate shoppers to purchase items, have them refunded, and then keep ...