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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Discord - Wikipedia

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    Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media and files.Communication can be private or take place in virtual communities called "servers".

  6. Why am I asked to verify my account after signing in?

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    You may be prompted to get a verification code at your recovery phone number or recovery email address for any of the following reasons: • AOL notices suspicious account activity. • You're...

  7. Scam Alert: Caller Impersonates Sheriff's Office - Patch

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    Authorities say the scammer gives victims a fake phone number that appears to be from the sheriff’s office and urges victims to pay a fine in order to avoid arrest or legal action against them ...

  8. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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    Instant messaging is a set of communication technologies used for text-based communication between two ( private messaging) or more (chat room) participants over the Internet or other types of networks (see also LAN messenger ). [6] IM chats happen in real-time.

  9. PECO Energy Imposters Scamming Customers, Warns PA ... - Patch

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    Scammers create fake phone numbers to make the call appear to be from PECO. This does not mean it is a legitimate call; Never provide your account information to an unverified person.

  10. Troll (slang) - Wikipedia

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    A revision of a Wikipedia article shows a troll vandalizing an article on Wikipedia by replacing content with an insult. In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life.

  11. Caller ID spoofing - Wikipedia

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    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.