Beware of "Yahoomail Team Email Suspension" Phishing Scams

Updated: June 20, 2017 2017-06-20T04:10:13 - Posted: June 20, 2017 2017-06-20T04:01:01 - Views: 220 - Comments: 1 +

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Yahoo users who have received email messages like the one below, which claim that their "Yahoomail" accounts have been suspended, should delete the messages and should not follow the instructions in them. This is because the email messages are being sent by cyber criminals to trick Yahoo Email account users into clicking on a link in the same email messages that go to phishing websites that steal Yahoo account credentials. Once the cybercriminals have stolen their victims' account credentials, they will use it to gain access to their accounts, hijack the same accounts and use them fraudulently.

A Sample of the "Yahoomail Team Email Suspension" Phishing Scam

From: Yahoo Inc <gyop@ccu.edu.tw>

Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 10:02 AM

Subject: Email Suspension!

Dear Customer,

You have a pending security update on your Yahoomail

account.

Update Now

Regards,

Account Services

Yahoo users who have already been tricked by the same phishing email messages are asked to change their passwords before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently by cyber criminals. Yahoo users whose accounts have already been hijacked can click here to recover their accounts.

To protect against phishing scams, Yahoo users should never click on a link to sign into their accounts, they should instead go directly to https://login.yahoo.com/ or use the Yahoo mobile app. Once users have signed into their accounts they will be notified of changes, requests, or updates if there is any.

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Posted: Jun 23, 2017 at 7:40 PM by an anonymous user from or near: Orient, New York, United States
Got one today:

"Account Suspension Notification!
Yahoo Inc
Recipients

Jun 23 at 7:00 PM

Dear Customer,

You have a pending security update on your Yahoomail
account.

Update Now

Regards,

Account Services
The Yahoomail Team"
delete

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