Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Yahoo users, if you have received email messages claiming that they need to upgrade to a new version of Yahoo Mail and threaten to deactivate your accounts if you do not, please delete the same email messages, and do not follow the instructions in them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams being sent by cyber criminals to trick Yahoo users into clicking on the link in them, which goes to phishing websites that steal Yahoo usernames and passwords.
From: Yahoo! <hha2_stu@kent.edu>Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017, 5:50:14 PM MDTSubject: New Mail UpgradeDear Subscriber ,We are closing all old version of Yahoo Mailbox as from May. 10th.Tap below to get a more organized mailbox to avoid being deactivated.UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSIONThank You.Yahoo supportPlease do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.Yahoo Team
From: Yahoo! <hha2_stu@kent.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017, 5:50:14 PM MDT
Subject: New Mail Upgrade
Dear Subscriber ,
We are closing all old version of Yahoo Mailbox as from May. 10th.
Tap below to get a more organized mailbox to avoid being deactivated.
UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSION
Thank You.
Yahoo support
Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
Yahoo Team
Yahoo users should never click on a link to sign into their accounts; they should instead, go directly to mail.yahoo.com or yahoo.com and sign-in from there. Once they are signed in, they will be alerted to updates, changes or other important notifications. Going directly to Yahoo’s website to sign into their accounts, will protect Yahoo users from phishing links that go to fake websites that steal usernames and passwords. Phishing websites steal their visitors’ usernames and passwords by asking them to sign into their accounts on the same fake website. Once visitors to the websites attempt to sign-in, their usernames and passwords (credentials) will be sent to the cybercriminals responsible for the phishing websites. As soon as the cyber criminals receive their potential victims’ usernames and passwords, they will sign into their accounts, hijack and use them fraudulently.
Yahoo users who have been tricked by the "Upgrade to Yahoo Mail 9.1" email scam, are asked to change their Yahoo passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.
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Yahoo should have a tool free number to confirm the validity of the email notification. I felt for it but was quick enough to change my password before my account can be hijacked.
Why isn’t Yahoo smart enough to not put emails in the inbox that say “We are closing all old versions of our Mailbox”?
I agree. Can’t Yahoo itself screen out phishing email that relate to Yahoo?
Received this today. Have not, will not, act upon it. Though I intend to migrate to Outlook as Yahoo has annoying contact retrieval quirks that accompanied iterations beyond yahoo classic."AT&T Yahoo MIGRATION NOTIFICATIONWe are closing all older versions of your MailBox today, completion of AT&T migration is scheduled for 26th/MARCH/2020.As part of our effort to ensure your privacy and security your account will be unable to route new messages.You're required to accept new data "migration" terms and conditions. Accept Terms & Condition Thanks for choosingAT&T Yahoo Mail."
what to do if I followed the instructions in the phony email.
Change your passwords.
"From: ** Upgrade*** Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 1:58 PM Subject: **Notice** Dear user, We are closing all old Version of Your E-mail as from today WEDNESDAY AUGUST (8/14/2019). Tap below and sign-in to get a more organized mailbox to avoid being De-activated. UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSION Thank You. YAHOO!-Mail support" Here is another scam.
"From: AT&T Update Date: August 1, 2019 at 7:23:02 AM PDT Subject: WELCOME 2019 Reply-To: AT&T Update Dear User, We are closing all old versions of your AT&T Yahoo! Mailbox as from August 2nd. Avoid being deactivated.Tap below; UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSION Thank you for choosing AT&T Yahoo Mail!" Here is another scam.
Here is another scam: - Forwarded Message - From: Email Alert Service Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019, 2:48:27 PM CDT Subject: WELCOME 2019 Dear User, We are closing all old versions of your AT&T/Yahoo! Mailbox as from April 21th. Avoid being deactivated.Tap below; UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSION Thank you for choosing AT&T/Yahoo!
What if you have opened the message and clicked on the link inside?
You will be taken to a fake Yahoo website and asked to sign-in. If you attempt to sign-in, your username and password will be stolen. If this happens, change your password.
