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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. 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.

  4. Account verification - Wikipedia

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    Account verification can enhance the quality of online services, mitigating sockpuppetry, bots, trolling, spam, vandalism, fake news, disinformation and election interference. History [ edit ] Twitter used a blue icon to mark verified accounts, from 2009 to 2022.

  5. List of fact-checking websites - Wikipedia

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    Agence France-Presse (AFP): launched its digital verification service in France in 2017, which has since evolved into a leading global fact-checking agency with dedicated journalists in countries ranging from the United States to Myanmar. Captain Fact HoaxBuster Germany. Correctiv; Deutsche Presse-Agentur

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

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

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    Call paid premium support at 1-800-358-4860 to get live expert help from AOL Customer Care. Having trouble signing in? Find out how to identify and correct common sign-in issues like problems with your username and password, account locks, looping logins, and other account access errors.

  8. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    Fictitious numbers in (011x) and (01x1) area codes mostly end with the digits 496 0xxx, however Tyneside uses (0191) 498 0xxx. London uses 020 7946 0xxx; Cardiff uses 029 2018 0xxx; and Northern Ireland now uses 028 9649 6xxx after a previously reserved range was allocated for actual use.

  9. Identity document forgery - Wikipedia

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    Identity document forgery. West German customs employee checking an alleged fake document. Identity document forgery is the process by which identity documents issued by governing bodies are copied and/or modified by persons not authorized to create such documents or engage in such modifications, for the purpose of deceiving those who would ...

  10. Twitter verification - Wikipedia

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    Twitter verification, is a system intended to communicate the authenticity of a Twitter account. [1] Since November 2022, Twitter users whose accounts are at least 90 days old and have a verified phone number receive verification upon subscribing to X Premium or Verified Organizations; this status persists as long as the subscription remains ...

  11. Check verification service - Wikipedia

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    Check verification services can use a number of different methods or may combine a number to verify the validity of a check. Negative check database [ edit ] A negative check database contains a comprehensive list of people who either wrote a bad check at a retail location, paid a bill with a check that was returned, [3] also called " bouncing ...