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  2. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    Ranges for fictitious telephone numbers are common in most telephone numbering plans. One of the main reasons these ranges exist is to avoid accidentally using real phone numbers in movies and television programs because of viewers frequently calling the numbers used.

  3. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Example of caller ID spoofed via orange boxing; both the name and number are faked to reference leetspeak. Caller ID spoofing is a spoofing attack which causes the telephone network's Caller ID to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is a station other than the true originating station.

  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. 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.

  6. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    Strip search phone call scam. 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 ...

  7. 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...

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      Avoid Answering Calls from These Area Codes: Scam Phone Numbers Guide
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  8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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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...

  9. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail - AOL Help

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    Spoofing happens when someone sends emails making it look like it they were sent from your account. In reality, the emails are sent through a spoofer's non-AOL server. They show your address in the "From" field to trick people into opening them and potentially infecting their accounts and computers.

  10. IMSI-catcher - Wikipedia

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    An international mobile subscriber identity-catcher, or IMSI-catcher, is a telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users. [1] Essentially a "fake" mobile tower acting between the target mobile phone and the service provider's real towers, it is considered a man-in-the ...

  11. Scammer Pretending To Be Guilford PD With Fake Phone Number

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    The scammer or scammers are using a spoofed phone number that appears as the main Guilford police line, 203-453-8061. The caller identifies himself as Sgt. Roberts; the department doesn't have a ...