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  2. 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...

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

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    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.

  4. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing. 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.

  5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    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...

  6. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    In North America, the area served by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) system of area codes, fictitious telephone numbers are usually of the form (XXX) 555-xxxx. The use of 555 numbers in fiction, however, led a desire to assign some of them in the real world, and some of them are no longer suitable for use in fiction.

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    • Concocting fake win-win trades for Vikings, Cowboys, Chiefs, Bills, Falcons | Zero Blitz
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  7. Account verification - Wikipedia

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    A telephone number can be provided when creating or verifying an account or added to an account to obtain a set of features. During the process of verifying a telephone number, a confirmation code is sent to a phone number specified by a user, for example in an SMS message sent to a mobile phone. As the user receives the code sent, they can ...

  8. Add or disable 2-step verification for extra security - AOL Help

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    Disable 2-step verification on your account. Still need help? Call paid premium support at 1-800-358-4860 to get live expert help from AOL Customer Care. Take control of your account's security and require a verification code, in addition to your password, to sign in to AOL.

  9. Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers

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    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.

  10. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    The victim is usually asked to click a link, call a phone number, or contact an email address provided by the attacker. They may then be asked to provide private information , such as login credentials for other websites.

  11. Fix problems signing into your AOL account - AOL Help

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    If you sign in from a device, program, or location that we haven't seen you use before, we may ask you to enter a verification code (sent to your recovery mobile phone or email address) to verify that it's really you. Learn more about being asked to verify your account.