Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The email message below, which claims unusual activities have been detected on the recipients' Yahoo and Microsoft accounts, is a fake. The email message was NOT sent by Microsoft or Yahoo and is a phishing scam created by cybercriminals to steal Microsoft, MSN, Hotmail, Live, Outlook, and Yahoo usernames, and passwords. Therefore, recipients of the fake email message are asked not click on the links or follow the instructions in it. Microsoft or Yahoo email users who have received similar emails and who want to know if there is something actually wrong with their accounts should go directly to www.outlook.com or yahoo.com and sign into their accounts. If there is something wrong, or if there is something that needs to be done on their accounts, they will be notified after signing in.
It is recommended that Microsoft Hotmail, Live or Outlook users never click on a link to sign into their accounts. They should go directly to www.outlook.com, www.hotmail.com or www.live.com sign-in from there instead. And, Yahoo users go directly to mail.yahoo.com.
From: "Yahoo Accounts" <41019353.E9439FFCA25C570FDBD420tuwgmtbbmior@kwrthjwikhyo.com>Date: December 6, 2017 at 2:15:31 PM CSTSubject: We Are Blocking Your IPWe Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo and Microsoft Account on Your ComputerLogin Has Occurred on 12/6/2017 @ 7:53 AM ESTFrom IP: 34.125.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern RussiaIf This Was Not You Please Call the Microsoft/Norton Joint Security Team(Be at your computer as it is at risk)1 855-203-6080
From: "Yahoo Accounts" <41019353.E9439FFCA25C570FDBD420tuwgmtbbmior@kwrthjwikhyo.com>
Date: December 6, 2017 at 2:15:31 PM CST
Subject: We Are Blocking Your IP
We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo and Microsoft Account on Your Computer
Login Has Occurred on 12/6/2017 @ 7:53 AM EST
From IP: 34.125.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia
If This Was Not You Please Call the Microsoft/Norton Joint Security Team
(Be at your computer as it is at risk)
1 855-203-6080
Microsoft and Yahoo users who have already been tricked by the phishing scam are asked to change their passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.
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Received an email a few times from fake 'Yahoo Security' (email address: 53270112.BDD6D68314014F6EAA659Ayrqblwjie@ozkhkolvsr.com )"You need to call now 1 855-203-6745We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo Account on Your ComputerLogin Has Occurred on 1/17/2018 @ 7:08 AM ESTFrom IP: 34.124.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern RussiaIf This Was Not You Please Call the Yahoo Security Team(Be at your computer)1 855-203-6745"As I see other comments, it is obviously fake email!
I have written dozens of times to Yahoo's Senior Executives, Office of the President, and Customer Advocacy requesting that they take action against these criminals. These emails originate from IPs allocated by Ripe NCC based in the Netherlands and every reported instance to them only gets a canned response to the effect that they are not responsible for users' content.Suggest that Yahoo Mail users receiving these emails continue to respond to the following Executive/BOD and RIPE email addresses; if enough people complain maybe Yahoo/RIPE will act:Yahoo Inc Webmaster abuse@yahoo-inc.com Yahoo! Inc. privacy@yahoo-inc.com cc-advoc@yahoo-inc.com corporatesecretary@yahoo-inc.comabuse@yahoo.com privacy@yahoo.com spam@yahoo.com ...Ripe Webmaster RIPE Abuse RIPE NCC Support RIPE Privacy RIPE NCC RIPE NCC Acknowledgements
Here is another scam: "From: "Yahoo Hack" <51464815.9038B1C807B098C4E2855Eygrftrrwqnd@bnbohmyggyo.com> Date: January 11, 2018 at 8:20:40 AM PST To: lmmajm_311107@yahoo.com Subject: You Have Been Hacked Please Call 1 855-203-6745 We Have Detected Unusual Activity on Your Computer Login Activity Has Occurred on 1/11/2018 @ 6:52 AM EST From IP: 33.154.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia 1 855-203-6745"
Here is another scam: - Forwarded Message - "From: "Yahoo Security" <91115894.E86F9FCC83268B4A83CB55ifxhrruvvwaf @vmoovybpznrz.com> Sent: Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:12 AM Subject: Urgent Your Yahoo Account Has Been Violated You need to call now 1 855-203-6745 We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo Account on Your Computer Login Has Occurred on 12/8/2017 @ 7:27 AM EST From IP: 34.124.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia If This Was Not You Please Call the Yahoo Security Team (Be at your computer) 1 855-203-6745"
same thing as happened to to me at Kill Devil Hiils, N.c. 27948
Here is another scam:"We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo Account on Your ComputerLogin Has Occurred on 12/18/2017 @ 5:23 AM ESTFrom IP: 34.125.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern RussiaIf This Was Not You Please Call the Yahoo Security Team(Be at your computer)1 855-447-0296"
Here is another scam: - Forwarded Message - From: Micro Accounts Department <27779421.B19AA65BEF7B111533ABA7wuftdxriersh@ ushnmeydhzwl.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 3:05 PM Subject: You Might Have Broke The Law We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo and Microsoft Account on Your Computer Login Has Occurred on 12/6/2017 @ 7:53 AM EST From IP: 34.125.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia If This Was Not You Please Call the Microsoft/Norton Joint Security Team (Be at your computer as it is at risk) 1 855-203-6080
Here is another scam: "We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo Account on Your Computer Login Has Occurred on 12/7/2017 @ 7:33 AM EST From IP: 34.125.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia If This Was Not You Please Call the Yahoo Security Team (Be at your computer) 1 855-447-0296"
Here is another scam: "From: "Yahoo Mail Security" <69342247.B55CF1CE4804EB2CD9CDCAqbawrunpzxgs@naxjmxhqojen.com> Subject: Call Now Another Yahoo Hack We Have Detected Unusual Activity With Your Yahoo Account on Your Computer Login Has Occurred on 12/7/2017 @ 7:33 AM EST From IP: 34.125.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia If This Was Not You Please Call the Yahoo Security Team (Be at your computer) 1 855-203-6080"
