How to contact Yahoo about a phishing scam that is using Yahoo to target Yahoo account holders?
Written by admin on Jan 5th, 2010 | Filed under: Yahoo
I received an e-mail that let me know that I was eligible for a 500,000 dollar check for something. This e-mail claims that I would be getting this directly from Yahoo. I would like to inform Yahoo about this in an effort to let Yahoo to do what they feel free to do in the legal world.
It can be difficult to find the right webpage for reporting fraudulent emails. I need to write all this down for future reference just for myself too.
Here is the Yahoo Webpage:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/phishing/phishing-117760.html
Where they say:
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If you receive one of these emails, mark it as spam, including any messages that originate from a yahoo.com email address. These emails are usually sent in bulk, and are rarely targeted at a specific individual. Yahoo cannot investigate these scams; reporting these emails as spam is the most effective measure you can take as it will help ensure additional copies are not delivered.
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Now if the email originated from a Yahoo member, there is also another webpage for reporting that member:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/abuse.html
Yahoo! Mail Abuse Form
But – some criminals have impersonated Yahoo email so there is no guarantee the abuse will stop.
You can also report the email to the federal government at the Internet Crime Complaint Center:
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
TonyRB
Saturday, January 2, 2010
spoof@yahoo.com was one place you send emails that try to scam you… Just look around more to get more in from yahoo themselves…but yes- send the header too- if you know how-