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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. 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. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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   If you have been hacked, you will need to take action as soon as suspicious activity is detected. By acting swiftly, you can help prevent the maximum amount of damage. Here are some steps you ...

5. Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account

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   Monitoring your recent login activity can help you find out if your account has been accessed by unauthorized users. Review your recent activity and revoke access to suspicious entries using the info below. Remove suspicious activity. From a desktop or mobile browser, sign in and visit the Recent activity page. Depending on how you access your ...

6. How to spot phishing scams and keep your info safe - AOL

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   Scammers can use your email to target you directly. And, unfortunately, plenty of email phishing scams today are more sophisticated than the older varieties that would directly ask for your ...

7. Here's how to spot a scam online - AOL

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   The best way to protect yourself against email phishing scams is to avoid falling victim to them in the first place. "Simply never take sensitive action based on emails sent to you," Steinberg says.

8. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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   A compromised (hacked) account means someone else accessed your account by obtaining your password. Spoofed email occurs when the "From" field of a message is altered to show your address, which doesn't necessarily mean someone else accessed your account. You can identify whether your account is hacked or spoofed with the help of your Sent folder.

9. Phishing - Wikipedia

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   Email scams posing as the Internal Revenue Service were also used to steal sensitive data from U.S. taxpayers. [65] Social networking sites are a prime target of phishing, since the personal details in such sites can be used in identity theft; [66] In 2007, 3.6 million adults lost US$3.2 billion due to phishing attacks. [67]