Beware of "Yahoo Account Deletion and Unlock" Phishing Scams

Sample of a "Yahoo Account Deletion, Lock or Unlock" Phishing Scam

From: Yahoo Service <mmonfort@uco.edu>

Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 3:40:12 AM EDT

Subject: Unlock Account

Dear

We received your request to delete your account

We will process your request within 3 days.

All features associated with your account will be lost.

If you didn't make this request, Kindly cancel Request to continue using our services.

CANCEL REQUEST

Thanks,

Yahoo Team

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The link in the phishing email message goes to a fake or phishing Yahoo website, which will attempt to trick the potential victims into entering their usernames and passwords on it. If Yahoo users attempt to sign into phishing website with their Yahoo usernames and passwords, it will be sent to the cybercriminals behind the email scam, who will use the information to hijack their accounts. The hijacked Yahoo accounts will then be used by cyber criminals fraudulently.

Remember, if you receive email messages like these, please go directly to your email account at https://mail.yahoo.com, instead of clicking on the links in the email messages. If some needs to be done to your account, it will be shown to you after signing in. And, if you were tricked by one of these phishing scams, please change your password immediately before your Yahoo account is hijacked and used fraudulently.