Is it possible that this is a Phisher email?
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December 17th, 2009
Just got this email note the from address. I’ve had the same email since 2003 and have never received anything email like this. It can’t be real, can it?
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If it’s a phishing expedition, and I think it is, then it’s one of the better ones I’ve seen. Since Yahoo nearly always refers to themselves as Yahoo! (with the exclamation point) that was the first tip to me that it’s not real.
Other than that, a few minor flags “fill the above informations”, for example, and “Account owner that refuses to…”. The syntax is NOT from a speaker of Standard English.
I’d report it directly to abuse@yahoo.com. They’re pretty responsive on this.
… oh, and “deleting all unused yahoo account” ... yeah, this is cruder than I first thought. It’s definitely bogus.
It is 100% phishing. Yahoo (nor any company, for that matter) will NEVER ask you for your password. Never, ever ever ever. NEVER give your password to any email prompt. Ever.
Didn’t know about the abuse thing @CyanoticWasp thnx. Just forwarded that email to yahoo and said they might want to check into it, haha.
Yea, I kind of knew it was phishing, but I also kind of posted this for people to find asking the same, That’s how I usually find bogus emails, is just by googling it.
If it stinks like yesterday’s catch, it’s a Phish. This one reeks to high heaven of rotten Phinshing. Delete it.
That’s as plain as can be. You need to recognize these things in couple of ways.
1. The request for password. Why would a website ask you for your password and not ask you to visit the site?
2. Ditto for the personal information. Again if there was absolutely any reason that a website ever needed you to update personal information they would ask that you go to the website and sign in.
3. If you ever question a website, source or want to check. Go to the TRUSTED WEBSITE itself after typing the address into your browser but never using a hyperlink from within an e-mail. Once signed in you can contact administrator or check for a posted message.
And honestly this is not that sophisticated. It’s just an average phishing e-mail. The best are actually layers and layers of confusion. You need to be able to spot these in your sleep because if you increasingly do business online they become even more sophisticated.
@SeventhSense Yeah, you’re absolutely right. I failed to grasp that it was an email requesting all of that information. I had pictured it as the website that the OP was directed to. Totally, totally bogus request for an “email reply”.
Dear Account Holder
We forgot your account number. Please pass it on to us. Also enclose your ATM card and P.I.N. and current balances.
Sincerely,
The President of Citibank
~_~
Just in case you can give’em my ex’s info.
^Don’t be bitter just ‘cause he left with your pants :P
Looks like it to me binged the address and this is what I came up with
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Ohio Valley Home Care
108 East 5th Street East Liverpool, Ohio 43920 Phone: Fax: E-mail: 330–385-9732, 330–385-5111, and 1–888-385–9732 330–385-9446 OHVHcare@yahoo.com
o www.neoseniorlink.org/ohvhcare/index.htm
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