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Your Yahoo Account Marked for Immediate Shutdown Scam

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Your Yahoo Account Marked for Immediate Shutdown Scam

Yahoo users should be aware of email messages like the one below, which claims that their accounts have been marked for immediate shut down due to non-verification. The email messages are phishing scam being sent by cybercriminals to steal Yahoo usernames and passwords, by tricking Yahoo users into visiting a phishing website that steals email account credentials.

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The "Your Yahoo Account Marked for Immediate Shutdown" Scam

Subject: Fw: Mailbox shutdown (Final warning)!!

Attachment: Yahoo mail base best web mail(1).html

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!

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 instead of clicking on the links in the email messages. If there is anything wrong with your account, it will be shown to you after signing into your account. And if you were tricked by one of these phishing scams, please change your password immediately before your Yahoo account is hijacked.

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Oct 28, 2019 at 8:19 AM by info

Here is another scam: "On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 8:51 AM, YAHOO MAIL wrote: Yahoo! Hello Yahoo user, Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown because it is not verified Please follow the link below to verify and prevent account loss. Click here to update to Confirm. This warning will expire in 48 hours! Yours faithfully Yahoo Mail Team Copyright © 2019 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved."

Jul 12, 2019 at 9:16 AM by info

"From: Yahoo Mail Date: July 11, 2019 at 1:56:53 PM CDT Subject: ✅ ACCOUNT CLOSURE (FINAL WARNING!) 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!" Here is another scam.

Feb 20, 2019 at 4:01 PM by an anonymous user from: Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States

I received this phishing email this morning and entered my user name and password as instructed. After doing this, I did not feel good about it. So, I changed my Yahoo password. I did this probably within 15 min of entering my user name and original password.

My concern is that I use this same user name and original password for other accounts.
Do I need to worry about the other accounts that use the same user name and passwords being compromised? Even though the Yahoo password was changed, are cybercriminals able to use the user name and original password for other accounts?
Thanks.

Feb 20, 2019 at 4:54 PM by info

I would recommend you change the passwords for the other accounts also. Cybercriminals usually keep a database of passwords that they may use in a brute force attack.

Apr 19, 2018 at 9:49 AM by info

Here is another scam: - Forwarded Message - From: Yahoo! Mail Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2018, 4:39:57 PM GMT 8 Subject: Closure Of Your Account As Been Processed YAHOO! Dear User, Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown due to non-verification. Please follow attachment below to verify and prevent loss of account. This warning will expire in 24 hours! Sincerely, Yahoo! Customers Services

Mar 31, 2018 at 2:15 PM by info

Here is another scam: "Fw: Closure Of Your Account As Been Processed Sat 3/31/2018 11:26 AM From: Sebastiano Stia Attachment: Yahoo Mail.htmt Yahoo! Dear User, Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown due to non-verification. Please follow attachment below to verify and prevent loss of account. This warning will expire in 24 hours! Thank You. Yahoo! Mail Services Copyright © 2018 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved."

Feb 22, 2018 at 4:19 PM by an anonymous user from: Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

And still they are trying:
"YAHOO!

Dear Email User,

Our record indicates that you made a request to deactivate your Yahoo! email address And this request will be shortly processed.

If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are advised to cancel the request below,
Click Here Now to Cancel De-activation Request for your Yahoo! email address Now.

However, if you do not cancel this request, your account will be de-activated shortly and all your email data will be lost permanently.

Regards.

Yahoo! Customer Care 2018 @ Inc"

I have received two of these messages from two different e-mail senders.
Yahoo inc
yahoo inc

Jan 9, 2018 at 7:08 AM by info

Here is another scam: "From: Yahoo Date: January 8, 2018 at 9:20:00 PM PST Subject: Mail Box Service Will Be Blocked(FINAL WARNING) Reply-To: Yahoo 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!"

Nov 14, 2017 at 12:37 PM by info

Here is another scam: - Forwarded Message - "From: Yahoo Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:42 AM Subject: ❶✉Email Termination! (FINAL WARNING) YAHOO!Dear user, Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown due to non-verification. Please follow the attach below to verify and prevent loss of account. This warning will expire in 24 hours! Sincerely Yahoo! Mail Services"

Oct 20, 2017 at 3:46 AM by an anonymous user from: Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta, Indonesia

Thank you. It is useful information. Greetings from Indonesia.

Oct 19, 2017 at 4:25 AM by info

Here is another scam: "- Forwarded Message - From: Yahoo Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017, 8:39:25 PM PDT Subject: ❶✉ Email Termination! (FINAL WARNING) 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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