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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. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Add, replace or remove AOL account recovery info - AOL Help

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    Add, replace or remove AOL account recovery info. Keep a valid mobile phone number or email address on your account in case you ever lose your password or run into a prompt to verify your...

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  7. Telephone number verification - Wikipedia

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    Telephone number verification (or validation) services are online services used to establish whether a given telephone number is in service. They may include a form of Turing test to further determine if a human answers or answering equipment such as a modem , fax , voice mMail or answering machine .

  8. Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers

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    Scammers now using verification codes to hijack phone numbers. 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 public forum.

  9. Use AOL Certified Mail to confirm legitimate AOL emails

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    When you get a message that seems to be from AOL, but it doesn't have those 2 indicators, and it isn't alternatively marked as AOL Official Mail, it might be a fake email. Make sure you mark it...

  10. Check verification service - Wikipedia

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    The routing number verification can provide the bank's name, address for processing, and phone number. Some routing number verification systems use an algorithm to validate the routing number, rather than cross reference the results in a database. Routing number verification is limited to verifying the bank name, address and phone number and ...

  11. 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 using an unfamiliar browser or device.