NO SPAM, PLEASE -- Yahoo Upgrade Via Link Provided in Mail
Mail received today from David McDowell purportedly Senior Director Product Management, Yahoo! Mail. A link is provided in this mail to be used for upgrading my Yahoo account for faster, safer, easier-to-use Yahoo! Mail.
In the latest mail when I tried to open the link provided the following page appeared.
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| Yahoo Upgrade Via Link Provided in Mail |
In the past; I have shared here many such spam mails asking to upgrade Yahoo mail account under the tag 'Yahoo Upgrade Spam'. The latest one was the most dangerous as the spammers used a look-alike yahoo sign-in page to deceive the recipients.
Let have a look to the mail contents below:
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rom: Yahoo Acct <int_mail@ymail.fr>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 1:54 AM
Subject: Yahoo Upgrade
We appreciate that you have been with Yahoo! Mail for some years. We are looking forward to bringing you an even faster, safer, easier-to-use Yahoo! Mail. If you are ready to upgraded to the latest Yahoo! Mail,In about a month from the date of this email, when you sign in to your Yahoo! Mail account,You will not be able to log in to your Yahoo ! Mall. But you don't have to wait. You can have the newest Yahoo! Mail today.
You can upgrade now by filling in the information below, in order to continue enjoying Yahoo service as normal.
What You Can Look Forward To When You Upgrade
- Faster email
- The latest Yahoo! Mail spam-protection technology
- Easier-to-use design
- Unlimited email storage so that you can keep everything you want
David McDowell
Senior Director
Product Management, Yahoo! Mail
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