YAHOO PLEASE…PLEASE HELP ME! I’M BEING THREATENED BY SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE YOU
January 12, 2010
IN THE PAST WEEK I’VE RECEIVED FIVE NOTICES FROM “YAHOO” THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SHUT DOWN MY ACCOUNT UNLESS I GAVE THEM PRIVATE INFORMATION. I SUSPECTED THEM IMMEDIATELY AND CONTACTED THE REAL YAHOO FOR HELP…IT’S BEEN A WEEK AND STILL NO RESPONSE FROM THE REAL YAHOO!!!
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH G MAIL WHO STOPPED MY HARASSMENT WITHIN 12 HOURS!!! I’M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE VERY SUCCESSFUL BLOG WITH OVER 1,400,000 VIEWS MAYBE SOMEONE AMONG MY THOUSANDS OF READERS CAN HELP ME!!!
ARTIE WAYNE https://artiewayne.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/thank-you-for-one-million-hits/
THANKS TO SEBASTIAN TOOMBS WHO JUST SET MY MIND AT EASE, WHEN HE E -MAILED ME ” Fake bullshit! Notice that their address below is not yahoo.com Delete it…”
From: yahoo Admin <admin@yahoo.cc>
Sent: Tue, January 12, 2010 10:01:48 AM
Subject: Yahoo Alert!!!
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Sincerely,
Yahoo! Customer Support
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January 12, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Hi Artie,
Sebastian is right. Unfortunately this type of email has become quite common, and the practice is called “phishing” (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing ). An email arrives, purporting to be from eBay, PayPal, Yahoo, or other entity with which you’re affiliated, and stating that you must “click on the link below” and enter your username and password to verify your account or said account will be suspended (or that some other horror awaits). The link goes to a website that looks authentic but is actually a means by which these unscrupulous characters acquire your personal information. (One tipoff – the email is addressed to “dear customer” or, as in your example, “valued member,” rather than to your real name.)
The safest bet is NOT to click on any links or graphic links in an email. If you’re not sure, open a new browser and physically type in the URL of the website in question. Several sites also have email addresses to which you can forward messages that appear suspect. It’s a shame Yahoo didn’t get back to you, but many sites are happy to know about these counterfeit emails so that they can take steps to get the bogus websites deactivated.
That said – Happy New Year!
Laura
January 13, 2010 at 2:44 am
These guys get more and more careful as time goes on. I remember several threatening messages from one “CEOMarie” from AOL back in the day. Typos all over the place, and who ever heard of of a CEO sending out their own e-mails? I sent her back a few threatening messages of my own: “Shut me down, Bitch! I defy you. I think you’re a criminal.” Nothing happened.
What I do find interesting is none of these providers will legitimately ask for your password (a sure indicator of a phishing scam. Yet, certain other sites will try to get you to import contact information from other servives you use (e.g. Facebook getting your AIM contacs to send them friend invites) and this DOES requie use of your password. In that case they’re using your logon info to access your account with your knowlege (this time), but despite assurances nothing is being saved, I don’t believe them. There are plenty of contacts I’ve developed over the years that are dormant for a variety of reasons. Let sleeping dogs lie, and for God’s sake don’t shoot them!
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