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  2. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    In December 2001, a supervisor for an Indianapolis -area Burger King restaurant strip-searched a part-time, 15-year-old female employee in front of a male co-worker after a call was made to the business by a "policeman" claiming an employee stole a purse.

  3. 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.

  4. Demands by phone, fake websites, harassing the bereaved: How ...

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    Scammers have been manipulating search results to provide false phone numbers or direct customers to fake sites. Delete suspicious emails or texts that say they're from FPL

  5. Ohio man on FBI's Most Wanted List for 'swatting ... - AOL

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    Swatting occurs when a person, as a prank, makes a fake phone call to an emergency number in order to prompt a large, heavily armed, law enforcement response to another location.

  6. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    In Hungary, telephone numbers are in the format 06 + area code + subscriber number, where the area code is a single digit 1 for Budapest, the capital, followed by a seven digit subscriber number, and two digits followed by either seven (for cell phone numbers) or six digits (others). for other areas, cell phone numbers or non-geographic numbers ...

  7. FBI: Ohio man wanted in nationwide 'swatting' investigation ...

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    Swatting is a prank in which someone makes a hoax phone call to an emergency number to get heavily armed law enforcement dispatched to another location, such as a school, home, shopping mall, or ...

  8. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Scammers and bad actors are always looking for ways to get personal info with malicious intent. Know how to recognize legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications to keep your account secure.

  9. 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 provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

  10. Rejection hotline - Wikipedia

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    A rejection hotline is a phone number which delivers a pre-recorded message telling the caller that the caller is rejected by the person who gave the caller that number. This project was set up as a practical joke by Jeff Goldblatt in 2001.

  11. Prank call - Wikipedia

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    It is often a type of nuisance call. It can be illegal under certain circumstances. Recordings of prank phone calls became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded among musicians, sound engineers, and media traders in the United States from the late 1970s.

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