Yahoo users who have received fake email account verification emails like the one below, which ask them to verify their accounts, or else they will no longer be able to to log into their accounts, should delete the email messages. The fake emails are being sent by cbercriminals who are attempting to trick the recipients into clicking on the links in the same emails. The links go to phishing website disguised as the legitimate Yahoo website. If visitors to the website attempt to sign-in, their account credentials will be sent the cybercriminals who will used to gain access to their victims' account and use the accounts fradulently.
A Fake Yahoo Account Closure Notification
From: Yahoo! Mail - rachlee_0428@yahoo.com.sg
To: yahooon-linesecurity@inc.com
Sent: Thursday 25 April 2019 17:25: 11 BST
Subject: Yahoo Mail ( New Terms )
Prior to Yahoo! Agreement
"Starting on April 26, 2019, YAHOO! customers who have not updated their email account will no longer be able to log in to their Yahoo and through email addresses.
Customers will have to Verify their email address to confirm.
kindly click on the attachment re-login and verify now! we apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Thank you,
Yahoo service
Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your email! website and choose the "Help" link on any page.
Customer Service Email ID # 1009.
c 2019!, Inc. All rights reserved.
To protect against phishing scams, Yahoo users should never click on a link to sign into their accounts, they should instead go directly to https://login.yahoo.com/ or use the Yahoo mobile app.
Also, Yahoo users may add two-step verification for extra security. Two-step verification is another layer of security that uses your password plus a code to verify your identity when they sign in to their accounts on a new, unrecognized device for the first time. Yahoo will send their cell phone a code by text or phone call that only they will have access to. Click here to learn more about Yahoo Two-step verification or authentication and how to add to your account.
Yahoo users who have been tricked by phishing scams are asked to change their password immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently. For Yahoo users whose accounts have already been hijacked, they can click here for instructions to recover their accounts.