"Yahoo You Have Been Hacked" Phishing Scam Scamming - Fraud 5 5 601 0 Jan 11, 2018 2018-01-11T17:24:36-05:00 Jan 12, 2018 2018-01-12T05:28:35-05:00 Online Threat Alerts (OTA) The email message below, which claims the recipients' Yahoo accounts have been hacked and they should call a particular telephone number, is a fake and scam. The email message was NOT sent by Yahoo and is a phishing scam created by cybercriminals to steal Yahoo usernames and passwords. Therefore, recipients of the fake email message are asked not click on the links or follow the instructions in it. Yahoo email users who have received similar emails and who want to know if there is something actually wrong with their accounts should go directly to yahoo.com and sign into their accounts. If there is something wrong, or if there is something that needs to be done on their accounts, they will be notified after signing in. It is recommended that Yahoo users never click on a link to sign into their accounts. They should go directly to www.yahoo.com.The "Yahoo You Have Been Hacked" Phishing ScamFrom: "Yahoo Hack" <65727353.C85B9F07FE2C8E4EEDE3EFmvsevjmkxqnwau@cpbwzvgeithaql.com>Subject: You Have Been HackedDate: 11 January 2018 at 16:31:31 EETPlease Call 1 855-203-6745We Have Detected Unusual Activity on Your ComputerLogin Activity Has Occurred on 1/9/2018 @ 6:52 AM ESTFrom IP: 33.154.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia1 855-203-6745Yahoo users who have already been tricked by the phishing scam are asked to change their passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.