Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
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.
From: "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 855-203-6745
From: "Yahoo Hack" <65727353.C85B9F07FE2C8E4EEDE3EFmvsevjmkxqnwau@cpbwzvgeithaql.com>
Subject: You Have Been Hacked
Date: 11 January 2018 at 16:31:31 EET
Please Call 1 855-203-6745
We Have Detected Unusual Activity on Your Computer
Login Activity Has Occurred on 1/9/2018 @ 6:52 AM EST
From IP: 33.154.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia
1 855-203-6745
Yahoo 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.
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My account has been hacked and threaten to to expose some purported contents (lured pictures) from image storage with the purpose to shame me. In lieu he is demanding 2,000 bitcoins t be deposited in his account whch I have ignored so far.Please advise how do I keep my accounts safe and avoid being manipulated by these cyber criminals.
Are the scammers also using this phone # 1-855-553-8765?
Yes, they are using that telephone number.
Not sure if Yahoo has been hacked again with a survey pop up that jumps in to a dozen links without consent.. 2/8/2018. Will never come back to Yahoo again after reading these updates and experiencing either a hacked website or a retards idea of forcing a survey on unsuspecting clickers.
Here is another scam: - Forwarded Message - From: Yahoo Hack <58904626.1195A7DD23971BA02A2177fmzjytwwrzeulb @zmuzixbkhnmtok.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 6:40 AM Subject: You Have Been Hacked Please Call 1 855-203-6745 We Have Detected Unusual Activity on Your Computer Login Activity Has Occurred on 1/12/2018 @ 8:52 AM EST From IP: 33.154.12.1 Geo Location Found: Eastern Russia 1 855-203-6745
