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2. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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   Scams are becoming more and more prevalent. Here's a list of scammer phone numbers and area codes to avoid answering if you don't know exactly who's calling.

3. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications. Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent. Know how to recognize legitimate...

4. What You Need to Know About Phone Scams - AOL

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   Always use a strong password with a combination of letters, numbers and special symbols. Register for two-factor authentication if a website lets you do so. The scammer may not attempt to breach ...

5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? Learn about internet scams and how you can protect yourself.

6. Here's What to Do When You’re a Fraud or Scam Victim - AOL

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   Fraud alerts are free and last 90 days or seven years, depending on which type of alert you choose. To reach the three nationwide credit bureaus, just visit their website or give one of them a ...

7. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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   The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...

8. Is that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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   Regardless of the format, there's likely a scam to be had. Scams and fraud can come in the forms of phone calls, online links, door-to-door sales and mail. Below are common scams the New...

9. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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   Phone fraud, or more generally communications fraud, is the use of telecommunications products or services with the intention of illegally acquiring money from, or failing to pay, a telecommunication company or its customers.

10. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    A technical support scam, or tech support scam, is a type of scam in which a scammer claims to offer a legitimate technical support service. Victims contact scammers in a variety of ways, often through fake pop-ups resembling error messages or via fake "help lines" advertised on websites owned by the scammers.

11. 4 Ways Phone Scams Steal Your Money — and How To Avoid Them

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    Did you know 17% of Americans have experienced phone scams? In August 2023, GOBankingRates polled 1,141 Americans to find out if they have ever experienced a financial scam. Seventeen percent of...