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2. How to spot a scam online - AOL

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   Online scam No. 3: Your "grandchild" asks for money over the phone. Scammers may try to pretend to be your grandchildren. (Photo: Getty) (fizkes via Getty Images) The panicked phone call sounds so ...

3. Seniors, Beware of These Scams - AOL

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   Seniors lose more money by far to scams than any other demographic, with the median loss totaling $350, the Better Business Bureau found. And not surprisingly, there has also been a tide of ...

4. New ‘Phantom Hacker’ Scam: How To Protect Your Money - AOL

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   The Denver branch of the FBI recently shared a warning about the new scam known as the “phantom hacker” scam, which targets senior citizens — half of the victims reported were over 60.

5. 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.

6. 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 will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

7. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   Scammers target a variety of people, though research by Microsoft suggests that millennials (defined by Microsoft as age 24-37) and people part of generation Z (age 18-23) have the highest exposure to tech support scams and the Federal Trade Commission has found that seniors (age 60 and over) are more likely to lose money to tech support scams.

8. If you hear a voice shouting at you from your computer, turn ...

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   Grace Buscher of GMB Systems in Squantum, right, explains to a senior at the Milton Council on Aging how scammers target seniors through texts, emails, and phone calls. Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. Pop ...

9. Is that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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   Visit identitytheft.gov if you shared sensitive information like your SSN. Complaints can be filed via the NJDCA website or via phone at 1-800-242-5846. Consumers can also report scams, potential ...