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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.
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What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.
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Valid mystery shopping companies do not normally send their clients cheques prior to work being completed, and their advertisements usually include a contact person and phone number. Some fraudulent cheques can be identified by a financial professional. On February 3, 2009, the Internet Crime Complaint Center issued a warning on this scam. [83]
Scammers know how to fake a phone number Kerskie describes a scam where a client received a spoof call from what he thought was his daughter’s phone. The caller claimed his daughter was in ...
• Communication surcharges - We answer to a higher calling - the phone company. If you connect to AOL using a long-distance number or AOLnet 800 number, you’ll see these surcharges in addition to your monthly subscription fee. We don’t refund these charges, so check with your phone company to make sure your selected access numbers are local.
Scammers target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24-37) and people part of generation Z (age 18-23) have the highest exposure to tech support scams and the Federal Trade Commission has found that seniors (age 60 and over) are more likely to lose money to tech support scams.