Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
Online users who have received "Yahoo Account Placed on Temporary Block" e-mail messages (see sample below) claiming that their email accounts are outdated, should not click on the links in the same email messages. This is because cyber-criminals are sending out phishing e-mail messages to potential victims, in an attempt to frighten and trick them into clicking links in the same phishing e-mail messages that go to phishing websites created to steal email account credentials (usernames and passwords). Once the cybercriminals have stolen their potential victims' e-mail account credentials, they will use them to gain unauthorized access to their accounts, hijack the accounts, and use them fraudulently.
From: "Mail Delivery System" <knittedknockersmn@yahoo.com>Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 7:55 AMSubject: ! MailYahoo! MailDear userWe noticed that your email account has been outdated .Your account has been placed on temporary block, it would be permanently Deleted if you do not Update within 48hours.To cancel this termination, follow the Link Here to Verify your correct account info to update your mailbox for faster, safer and full featured Yahoo Mail experience.Note: Failure to comply within 48hrs might lead to permanent deactivation.Thank you,Yahoo system administrator ©2018
From: "Mail Delivery System" <knittedknockersmn@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 7:55 AM
Subject: ! Mail
Yahoo! Mail
Dear user
We noticed that your email account has been outdated .Your account has been placed on temporary block, it would be permanently Deleted if you do not Update within 48hours.
To cancel this termination, follow the Link Here to Verify your correct account info to update your mailbox for faster, safer and full featured Yahoo Mail experience.
Note: Failure to comply within 48hrs might lead to permanent deactivation.
Thank you,
Yahoo system administrator ©2018
Instead of clicking on a link to sign into their accounts, online users should always go directly to their e-mail account providers’ websites and sign into their accounts from there. Once they are signed-in, they will be notified of updates, changes or things they need to do.
Online users who have already been tricked by the phishing e-mails are asked to change their passwords immediately before their e-mail accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently. For those online users whose e-mail accounts have already been hijacked, are asked to contact their I.T support team or email providers for help.
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"Dear User,Due to Recent Online Security Incidents and Upgrades on our Network,Your Account has been BLACKLISTED under the Yahoo Network Service due to Subsequent Verification Failure on your Account.Our Service Team will TERMINATE its services to your Account if proper UPGRADE is not done.To Resolve this, Please click on the attachment to re-login and your account will be Automatically Upgraded and Verified to the latest Yahoo Mail.Thanks,Yahoo"Received this scam.
"On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 14:55, Yahoo wrote:Dear User, Mail Security Service have temporary blocked all your incoming mails ✉, because we detected fraudulent and spam activities from your mail box to some blacklisted email address. If a verification respond is not gotten from you in the next 24 hours, we will be forced to permanently disable your account if no action is taken.To upgrade open the attach below Note: If account is not verified within 24 hours, we deserve the right to shut down your emailaccountThank YouMail Security Team"Here is another scam.
Here is another scam:"From: Yahoo system administratorSent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 2:42 PMSubject: Important Update!Dear userWe noticed that your email account has been outdated .Your account has been placed on temporary block, it would be permanently Deleted if you do not Update within 48hours.To cancel this termination, follow the Link Here to Verify your correct account info to update your mailbox for faster, safer and full featured Yahoo Mail experience.Update your mailboxNote: Failure to comply within 48hrs might lead to permanent deactivation.Thank you,Yahoo system administrator ©2018"
