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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 AOL websites, requests, and communications to keep your account secure.
Email phishing scams are more common than most people realize. Here's how to protect yourself.
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.
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.
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". Particular scams are mainly directed toward elderly people, as they may be gullible and sometimes inexperienced or ...
A new scam tries to use your phone number to scam others, and you could be at risk if you post your number in any public forum.
Use AOL Certified Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails AOL may send you emails from time to time about products or features we think you'd be interested in. If you're ever concerned about the legitimacy of these emails, just check to see if there's a green "AOL Certified Mail" icon beside the sender name.
Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations. Email fraud can take the form of a confidence ...