Monday, September 10, 2012

Phishing: Validate Your Yahoo! Account

NO SPAM, PLEASE:  Yahoo! Verification Service

An unwanted mail struck my spam box today asking to  to confirm the validity of my Yahoo account. The link was provided in this mail to validate my account as per requirement. 

The contents of the mail is given below:

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From: Warning! <ProductUpdate@message.aol.com>
To:
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012 11:23 AM
Subject: Yahoo! Verification Service

Dear User,
Click here, to confirm the validity of your Yahoo account.

Thanks again for choosing our Service
Sincerely,
Yahoo Team
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When the link, given in the mail, was clicked the following warning message appeared; clearly showing the bad intentions of spammers:

Yahoo! Account Validation Phishing Scam (Click to enlarge)

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