Yahoo email users---Help

Website · #1 Postby **Brent** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:40 pm

Is this really from Yahoo? It has an attachment and Norton says "No virus found" but I'm not going to open it unless I know for sure it's from them.

Dear Yahoo Member,

Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your membership.

Virtually yours,
The Yahoo Support Team

#2 Postby **Stephanie** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:45 pm

I haven't received this message yet, but what I would do is copy it and forward it to Yahoo! itself. It's probably asking for your personal information, etc. DON'T OPEN IT, but let Yahoo! know about it right away!.

If you want to get an answer ASAP, call the customer service number to ask about your account status and let them know about the e-mail.

TexasStooge · #3 Postby **TexasStooge** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:45 pm

I wish I could help you, but that's confusing me as well.

Website · #4 Postby **Brent** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:47 pm

It's from admin@yahoo.com but other than that, it's not obvious that it's authentic. No special heading or anything.

Oh and another thing... it went to Bulk Mail and actually came in on Thursday.

GalvestonDuck · #5 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:50 pm

Ignore it, it's a spoofed email.

Scroll down in this thread and you'll find the exact same text, but from a Spanish-in-Action.com email.

http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?t=52368

There are several others also:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22If+ ... =&ei=UTF-8

JTD · #6 Postby **JTD** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:51 pm

I strongly strongly advise not to open it.

I got a e-mail labeled "Online User violation" once that was a virus and this sounds a lot like that one.

I would call the customer service number just to be sure though.

GalvestonDuck · #7 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:53 pm

I hate when I say "ignore it," when that's not really what I mean.

IOW, don't open it the attachment.

From http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/spam/spam-27.html :

Forward the email to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com

Website · #8 Postby **Brent** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:05 pm

jason0509 wrote:I strongly strongly advise not to open it.

I got a e-mail labeled "Online User violation" once that was a virus and this sounds a lot like that one.

I would call the customer service number just to be sure though.

That's the subject title. It claims spam was sent out... but I get hundreds of emails each week that go to Bulk that is various spam. :roll:

Thanks Duck... I will defintely do that.

Website · #9 Postby **Brent** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:23 pm

It came up with "delivery failure" ugh...

Remote host said: 554 5.6.1 Certain attachments are not allowed for
security reasons.Your message has been rejected.

#10 Postby **streetsoldier** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:18 pm

Put it your Trash Bin and DELETE it...do NOT open it.

Website · #11 Postby **Brent** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:54 am

Got 2 of these in my bulk mail this morning:

Dear Yahoo Member,

We have temporarily suspended your email account (Address)

This might be due to either of the following reasons:

1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An innability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.
See the details to reactivate your Yahoo account.

Sincerely,The Yahoo Support Team

GalvestonDuck · #12 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:59 am

More of the same spam gibberish.

Copy a section of the email text, paste it into your Yahoo search engine, tack quotation marks on the beginning and end, and then hit the Search button. You'll find lots of hits of the same phrasing from non-Yahoo "support" people. It's all spam and/or spreading a worm.

Delete it if you can't forward it to the Yahoo abuse team.

BTW, I sent you an email from my Yahoo account. If you get it, it verifies for you that your account hasn't been suspended.

kmanWX · #13 Postby **kmanWX** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:01 am

Brent wrote:It's from admin@yahoo.com but other than that, it's not obvious that it's authentic. No special heading or anything.

Oh and another thing... it went to Bulk Mail and actually came in on Thursday.

Delete it...it's a virus...

Website · #14 Postby **Brent** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:38 pm

GalvestonDuck wrote:BTW, I sent you an email from my Yahoo account. If you get it, it verifies for you that your account hasn't been suspended.

Yep... it works.

Still getting the usual pile of spam and junk as well. :roll:

GalvestonDuck · #15 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:43 pm

Oh yeah, you mentioned that the fake Yahoo mail went to your bulk folder. Don't mess with the bulk mail...it's almost always junk. I open the folder to look through the list just to be sure there's nothing from someone I *know.* (It happens every once in a blue moon.) Other than that, bulk mail seems to be nothing but spam and junk. Yahoo mail does a good job of sorting out the crud from the cream. I used to have AOL and couldn't stand how much spam I'd have to sort through just to get the handful of true email. Now, it's not a problem with the spam filters that Yahoo has.

breeze · #16 Postby **breeze** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:30 pm

A-men to that! I always just delete everything in my
Bulk account - anyone with anything really important
should PM me or CALL me! :wink:

VanceWxMan · #17 Postby **VanceWxMan** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:45 pm

I got that one as well.. if anyone wants a Gmail account (I get no spam on that account) PM me I have a ton of invitations.

Aaron

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