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"Your Yahoo Mail will be Blocked" Phishing Scam

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Your Yahoo Mail will be Blocked Phishing Scam

Yahoo users who have received so-called email message alerts like the one below, which claim their accounts will be blocked, should not click on the link within them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams being sent by cyber criminals to their potential victims in an attempt to trick them into visiting a phishing website that steals email account usernames and passwords.

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The "Your Yahoo Mail will be Blocked" Phishing Scam

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Email Notification <hala.elsaid@feps.edu.eg>
To: noreply@yahoo.cc.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:44 PM
Subject: Your Mail will be Blocked Take Action now
Y A H O O !
Dear Valued User,
Access to your e-mail is about to expire, We recommend that you upgrade your account to avoid suspension.
This helps us fight automated programs from sending junk email. According to provision 17.9 of Terms and Conditions, Yahoo may at Anytime terminate its services for accounts.
Kindly follow the link below to upgrade and regain access.
UPGRADE NOW
Thanks,
Yahoo! Mail Team
Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered

If the link in the phishing email message is clicked by the recipients, they will be taken to a phishing website and ask to sign-in. If they attempt to do so, their Yahoo account credentials (usernames and passwords) will be sent to the cybercriminals behind the scam. Once the cybercriminals have gotten the stolen credentials, they will gain access to the accounts, hijack them, and use them fraudulently.

Therefore, Yahoo users who have received email messages with a link to update their information or make changes to their accounts should always go directly to mail.yahoo.com and sign into their accounts instead of clicking on the link. Once Yahoo users have signed into their accounts, they will be noticed of changes or updates, if there are any. Going directly to mail.yahoo.com and signing in from there is only guaranteed way of preventing Yahoo users from becoming victims of phishing scams.

Yahoo users who have already been tricked by the phishing scam are asked change their passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently. If their accounts have already been hijacked by cybercriminals, they can click here for instructions to regain access to their accounts.

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May 16, 2019 at 12:02 PM by info

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Bert Dean
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019, 12:40:49 PM EDT
Subject: Incoming Messages will be Blocked

YAHOO!

This is to inform you That from 20th May, 2019 , YAHOO will discontinue support on your account and will no longer offer security monitoring.

If you choose not to upgrade your account on or before 30th May, 2019 , you will not be able to read and send emails, conversations, contacts and attachments.

Please Take a minute to update your account for a faster, safer and full-featured YAHOO experience as outlined below

UPGRADE YOUR YAHOO ACCOUNT

YAHOO Mail Help Desk.
Copyright � 2019
Mail! Inc

Apr 10, 2019 at 12:44 PM by info

Here is another scam:

"From: Yahoo Mail
Date: April 9, 2019 at 1:38:02 PM PDT
Subject: Incoming Messages will be Blocked
Reply-To: Yahoo Mail

This is to inform you That from 10th April, 2019, YAHOO will discontinue support on your account and will no longer offer security monitoring."

Aug 21, 2018 at 11:39 AM by info

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded message -----
From: YAH00
Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 3:31:34 PM GMT 2
Subject: ✉ Y0u Have Been Bl0çked ✉

Your EmaiI will be bI0cked if not verified within the next 48 hours.

Vèrify N0W

Jul 16, 2018 at 10:03 PM by info

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "YAHOO!!"
Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:43
Subject: Final Notice!! Your Email Will Be Blocked
YAHOO! Account Team

Dear User,

We received a request to terminate your Email and process has started, kindly give us 24hours to complete your request.

No i didn't make this request, cancel deactivation request

To make additional edits to your account, sign in to www.edit.yahoo.com

Thank You,
YAHOO! Account Team
YAHOO! Copyright © 2018 yahoo Inc. All rights reserved

May 15, 2018 at 8:52 PM by info

Here is another scam:

"From: Yahoo Mail
Date: 16 May 2018 05.34.50 GMT 7
Subject: Email Blocking (last warning!!)
Reply-To: Yahoo Mail

YAHOO

Dear Customer ,

Access to e-mail is about to expire,
That We recommend you Please Open the Attachment to Update
your account. and Avoid the Suspension.
Please follow the attachment below to verify and prevent loss of account.

Thank You.
In Yahoo"

Oct 13, 2017 at 5:42 AM by an anonymous user from: New York, United States

And here is another one:

"YAHOO

Dear user,

Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown due to non-verification.

Please follow the attachment below to verify and prevent loss of account.

This warning will expire in 24 hours!

Sincerely
Yahoo!"

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