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Virtual kidnapping: How it works and how to protect yourself
The phone rings. On the other end, a stranger says they have your child, and you have minutes to pay or something terrible will happen. A distressed voice cries in the background, maybe even one that ...
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Bank of America phishing emails: How to identify and report
Bank of America may contact customers by email about account activity, security alerts, or service updates. But scammers can also impersonate the bank in messages that are designed to look legitimate....
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What are generative adversarial networks (GANs)?
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are a type of deep learning model that can generate synthetic data resembling real-world data. They’re typically used to generate images, though they’ve also...
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What is home title theft (deed fraud)? How to spot it and protect your home
Home title theft, also known as deed fraud (or title fraud), is a scam in which someone files fraudulent property documents to make it appear that they own the property. It often doesn’t require mov...
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Unsubscribe from emails easily: A complete how-to guide
It’s easy for an email inbox to start filling up faster than you can manage it: store promotions, newsletters, account updates, and sometimes subscriptions you don’t even remember making. At some ...
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YouTube account hacked? How to get it back and secure it for good
A hacked YouTube account can be used to publish scam content, target your audience, damage your channel’s reputation, or steal your money through payment tampering. Acting quickly is critical to reg...
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Protect yourself from AOL phishing email address attacks
Phishing scams targeting America Online (AOL) users have existed since the early days of the internet, and still affect users today. They typically impersonate AOL support, claim there’s an urgent a...
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USPS phishing mail: How to recognize and avoid it
Many people receive genuine tracking updates from the United States Postal Service (USPS), so a phishing email pretending to come from there can look ordinary at first glance. That familiarity is exac...
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What is neighbor spoofing, and how can you stop it?
If you’ve ever answered a call that looked local, only to hear a recorded message or an unexpected sales or warning call, you’ve likely encountered neighbor spoofing. In this kind of scheme, perpe...
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What is a text mail subscriber and how does it work?
The term "text mail subscriber" typically refers to someone who has signed up to receive automated text messages from organizations such as local governments, schools, delivery services, banks, or ret...
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