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)

Phishing Scam: Last Warning!!! Update and Secure your Yahoo! Account

 NO SPAM, PLEASE -- Last Warning!!! Update and Secure your Yahoo! Account

Such kind of spam mails are spreading around the web for quite a while and the spammers tried new and improved ways to foll the recipients to get their personal information, which can be used to damage the recipients financially and morally.

The link provided in such mails normally lead the recipients to fake look-a-like Yahoo! login page. In this case the following page appears, once the given link is followed:

Phishing Scam: Last Warning!!! Update and Secure your Yahoo! Account

The contents from recent mail are given below:
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From: Yahoo! Account Service (mail.verify@email.yahoo-inc.com)
To:
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2012 2:02 PM
Subject: Last Warning!!!

 Dear Valued Customer,

This verification process will only take a few seconds,we will notify you whenever this information changes.

Click Here To Update And Secure Your Account

Sincerely,
Yahoo Account Department

Yahoo© 2012 Yahoo Corporation. All rights reserved

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Yahoo! Upgrade and Account Verification -- Keywords: Angela Paterson

NO SPAM, PLEASE -- Yahoo! Upgrade and Account Verification

An account verification notice as part of regular phishing scam from internet fraudsters received today apparently from Yahoo! team. There's no name of sender is given but the email accounts shows that it is someone Angela Paterson who sent this mail on behalf of Yahoo! Mail Online Services 2011.

The sender is asking to provide all details of my Yahoo! account including Username and Password; so that they can revalidate my account. Ridiculous, once any recipient would reply them with this info he would regret for rest of his/her life.

Contents of the mail are given below: 

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From: Yahoo! Mial Online Services 2011 © (angela_paterson@btinternet.com)
To:
Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011 5:11 PM
Subject: Account verification

Yahooo! Upgrade   This message is from Yahooo Administrator IT Services to all our Yahooo subscribers. You are to provide to us the below information to revalidate your E-mail due to spam and to upgrade the new 2011/2012 antispam and antivirus version. Please Confirm That your Yahooo E-mail is still active by filling out your login info below after clicking the reply button, or your E-mail will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.   User-name:- ........................ Password:-....................... Date of Birth:-................... Country:-........................ Current resident:-............... Sex:- .........................   After updating your E-mail informations,Your Yahooo will not be interrupted and will be Upgraded with the new Antispam and Antivirus for 100% E-mail protection.Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience. Warning!!! owners that refuses to update his or her E-mail will lose his or her account permanently.   Copyright/IP Policy | Terms of Services =======================================================

Final Warning!!! Yahoo Account Update Notification -- Keywords: Phishing Site, High Speed internet Team

NO SPAM, PLEASE -- Final Warning!!! Yahoo Account Update Notification

A final warning notification received through mail, apparently from Yahoo's High Speed internet Team, providing a link to update the Yahoo! account information. When I clicked the link provided in mail; I received a message "Warning: Suspected phishing site!". Screen shot is given below:

Warning: Suspected phishing site! (Click to enlarge)

The message reads like this ....

Warning: Suspected phishing site!

The website at www.biharonnet.com has been reported as a “phishing” site. Phishing sites trick users into disclosing personal or financial information, often by pretending to represent trusted institutions, such as banks.

The contents of the mail are given below:
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From: "yahoo--account---services-ca@cc.yahoo-inc.com" (no-reply@cc.yahoo-inc.com)
To:
Sent: Sunday, 27 November 2011 10:28 PM
Subject: Final Warning!!!

Dear Yahoo! Customer, 

This is an important message regarding your Yahoo! email account. We are upgrading our database system due to dormant use of Yahoo! account, to ensure better services. In order to avoid deactivation of your account you would have to confirm your e-mail Click Here to confirm your account is active. Please contact us within 14 days from the date on this email to avoid suspension of your email account. 
If the action above is not completed, your Yahoo! email account will be suspended in 14 days from the date on this email and then deleted in 60 days (including all e-mails within the account).

Deadline:
Again, we ask that you confirm this email to help ensure continued access to your Yahoo! email account.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

Thank you for being a valued Yahoo! customer.

Sincerely,

Yahoo! High Speed internet Team

This is a service-related email. Yahoo! will occasionally send you service-related emails to inform you of service upgrades or new benefits to your Yahoo! High-Speed Internet service.

Copyright 2011. Yahoo!. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

Yahoo! respects your privacy.

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Latest Phishing Scam with Fake/Look-alike Yahoo! Log-in Page

NO SPAM, PLEASE -- Upgrade Your Yahoo Account

I received a mail apparently from Yahoo! team asking to use the link provided in the mail to upgrade my Yahoo! account. 

The URL (http://burgoscuenta.com/yahoomailplus/yahoomail.html) of the link provided in the mail lead me to a fake and look-alike Yahoo! log-in page.

Once the recipient will put his Yahoo! account ID and password it will update the database of spammers to use the same for their malpractices in the future. 

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From: Yahoo! Mail (noreply-alert@yahoo.com)
To: 
Sent: Monday, 21 November 2011 12:52 AM
Subject: Upgrade Your Yahoo Account

SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Yahoo! Customer During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your account information. To securely confirm your personal information please click on the Upgrade link below:         Upgrade Now     Thank You for Being A Loyal Yahoo! Mail User We hope you enjoy the newest version of Yahoo! Mail.  Yahoo! Mail  The newest version of Yahoo! Mail is governed by these new Terms of Service, Communication Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Please do not reply to this message. This is a service email related to your use of Yahoo! Mail. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of Web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

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Phishing Scam: How to reset your Yahoo! password -- Keywords: Yahoo Upgrade, Yahoo Password, cc.yahoo-inc.com

NO SPAM, PLEASE - How to reset your Yahoo! password

Another phishing scam using the trick of notification for  upgrading Yahoo! account/password. I received this email today purportedly from Yahoo! Account Services. But when I tried to search 'yahoo-account-services-us@cc.yahoo-inc.com', it leads me to all scams and spams.

Yahoo! will never ask for your password in an email. If you receive an email asking you to provide yours, it is an attempt to gain access to your Yahoo! account. This is often referred to as a "Phishing" or "Password Phishing" attempt.

Contents of the mail are given below:

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From: "yahoo-account-services-us@cc.yahoo-inc.com" (yahoo-account-services-us@cc.yahoo-inc.com)
To: shamood_2003@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:48 AM
Subject: How to reset your Yahoo! password

Dear ............... (Name omitted by author),

On October 17, 2011, at 09:48 am PKT, your account activity shows that you tried to recover your account password for Yahoo! ID ma****.****id (the ID is partially hidden for your protection). You may reset your password on October 18, 2011, after 09:48 am PKT by answering the secret questions you chose for your account.

For security reasons, the option to reset your password via secret question will expire on October 24, 2011, at 09:48 am PKT.

Not you? Simply sign in to your account, and when there is an attempt to recover your account, we will continue to hide your option to reset your password via your secret question. Please update you password-reset info. If you forget your password in the future, we will use this information to help you reset it.

If you believe your account has been compromised, please change your password now. Choose a strong password.

Regards,
Yahoo! Account Services
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You should never respond to a message like this one, and if you have received one in your Yahoo! Mail account simply highlight it and click the SPAM button at the top of your inbox.

If you have already responded to this message and provided the information asked, we would suggest you log into your account and change your password immediately.

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