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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. Wizz, a friend-finding app for teens, responds to ... - AOL

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    A Wizz representative pointed Yahoo News to the app’s safety guards, which in addition to age-verification technology, include written and visual content moderation and a 20-person team ...

  4. 30 Scam Phone Numbers To Block and Area Codes To Avoid - AOL

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    Since there is no limit to a scam artist’s potential, recognizing signs of common scams will serve you well. Here are examples of three of the most common scams out there today and how to block ...

  5. 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.

  6. Account verification - Wikipedia

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    Account verification is the process of verifying that a new or existing account is owned and operated by a specified real individual or organization. A number of websites, for example social media websites, offer account verification services. Verified accounts are often visually distinguished by check mark icons or badges next to the names of ...

  7. Fake news - Wikipedia

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    Nalon told The Guardian there was a great deal of fake news, and hesitated to compare the problem to that experienced in the U.S. Brazil also has a problem with fake news, and according to a survey, a greater number of people that believe fake news influenced the outcome of their elections (69%) than in the United States (47%). Jair Bolsonaro

  8. Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers

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    Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers. /. Loaded 0%. 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 ...

  9. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Caller ID spoofing. 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. This can lead to a display showing a phone number different from that of the telephone from which the call was placed.

  10. State Police Warn Of Fake Cop Phone Scam In Westchester

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    The phone number the scammers are calling from shows on caller ID as that of an NYSP station but is not, officials said. Lanning Taliaferro , Patch Staff Posted Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 12:39 pm ET ...

  11. Illinois State Police Warn Of Phone Scam: Fake ISP Calls - Patch

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    The phone number most often associated with this scam is calling from 312-789-5176, according to the police. However, the scam can come from any number.