Email fraud.....this is so last year!!!!
Everyone with email need to watch out for this one.This is just another attempt to gain access to confidential information like your email address book or login information.Of course you do know this email never came from yahoo or any other legitimate email service.All of the online services have been affected by this(ex...facebook,gmail,yahoo,paypal,twitter,myspace..and the list goes on and on).The Best advice here is never login into anything from an email.I hope no one fell for this scam....to tell the truth this one is a kind of let down. I expected more from the cybercriminals....Symantec issued its December 2008 State of Spam Report and spam levels have dropped but they will likely rise again.From:"Yahoo!" email.support@yahoo.com
To:undisclosed-recipients
Dear Account Users,
Due to the congestion in all Yahoo Accounts, There will be removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo will be shutting down all unused Accounts, so you have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Info below after clicking the reply bottom, or your account will be suspended within 48 hours for security reasons.
Please Re-confirm your account information to avoid account interruption:
User Name: ................................
Password: ................................
Current Password: ........................
Date of Birth: ...........................
Country Or Territory: ....................
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Warning code:.....................VX2G99AAJ
Failure to do this may automatically render your e-mail account deactivated from our e-mail database/mail server. To enable us upgrade your email account, please do reply to this mail.
YAHOO! Account Users Alert
BEWARE DO NOT LOGIN...THIS IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!
Free Stuff...Is it really free?.....
You have seen the ads on websites....Click on the right answer for a "free" plasma tv,laptop computer, iPod, trip etc.Free, that is, after you complete five purchase offers from site sponsors and convince ten of your closest friends to do the same.Also After going through 20 surveys and saying no to all, you finally get to the last, and they say you must at least pick two items in order to be able to get whatever they are giving away or you get caught in a endless loop of popup windows and surveys, You become so frustrated and do not follow through to get the free stuff which I am sure the scammers are counting on.
I notice people will still try these scams probably thinking maybe this one is legit. Here is another twist on this...These free stuff spammers are using craigslist to advertise these scams now.When a customer contacts the ad they are told they no longer have the free item and are directed to a scam website for free stuff...They then basically charge the buyer a fee to pretend they are a business (THIS IS FRAUD) and request free samples of products from many different manufacturers and wholesalers.The bigger the prize, the greater the chance it's not a good deal. You always have to give your e-mail address and other information. Then your e-mail is bombarded with hundreds of advertisements that you can never seem to stop unless you change your e-mail address.
Moral of this story is: Nothing is free.Remember spammers have nothing of value to offer. Just delete these without giving them a second thought. A popular solution to e-mail harvesting is to create a "throwaway" e-mail address at free services such as GMail or Yahoo Mail. Set this as your e-mail address in your profile.
GUESS WHAT??????????????? YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE FREE GIFT....
Email Check Scam....Do you Believe this guy?
The unsuspecting seller is contacted by e-mail by a prospective buyer who is located outside of the US. This buyer agrees to the asked-for price without haggling and looks for immediate assurance the item will not be sold to anyone but him. He offers to have someone pick up and ship the item once the sale is complete, making it clear he alone will bear all charges associated with that aspect of the sale.
The buyer wants to send a cashier check for more than the agreed-upon price for the item. This check is to come from the buyer , with the residue to be sent to a third party in the USA the buyer says he owes money to. The seller is asked to cash the check, keep the right amount for the sale of his item and send what's left to a third party.
* The cashier check for the larger-than-necessary amount arrives and is duly deposited in the seller's bank account.
* Three days later, the check appears to clear, and any freeze the bank had placed on these funds is removed.
* Satisfied that the check was good (the bank had released the funds, after all), the seller wires the overage to the person it's owed to and waits for someone to come pick up the item.
* No one ever comes to pick up the item.
* Two weeks later, the seller is informed by his bank the check was a forgery.The seller is held responsible for the bad check.
This is also just another version of the Nigerian money scam so BEWARE!!!!!!
Moral of this story is: Nothing is free.Remember spammers have nothing of value to offer. Just delete these without giving them a second thought. A popular solution to e-mail harvesting is to create a "throwaway" e-mail address at free services such as GMail or Yahoo Mail. Set this as your e-mail address in your profile.
GUESS WHAT??????????????? YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE FREE GIFT....
Email Check Scam....Do you Believe this guy?
The unsuspecting seller is contacted by e-mail by a prospective buyer who is located outside of the US. This buyer agrees to the asked-for price without haggling and looks for immediate assurance the item will not be sold to anyone but him. He offers to have someone pick up and ship the item once the sale is complete, making it clear he alone will bear all charges associated with that aspect of the sale.
The buyer wants to send a cashier check for more than the agreed-upon price for the item. This check is to come from the buyer , with the residue to be sent to a third party in the USA the buyer says he owes money to. The seller is asked to cash the check, keep the right amount for the sale of his item and send what's left to a third party.
* The cashier check for the larger-than-necessary amount arrives and is duly deposited in the seller's bank account.
* Three days later, the check appears to clear, and any freeze the bank had placed on these funds is removed.
* Satisfied that the check was good (the bank had released the funds, after all), the seller wires the overage to the person it's owed to and waits for someone to come pick up the item.
* No one ever comes to pick up the item.
* Two weeks later, the seller is informed by his bank the check was a forgery.The seller is held responsible for the bad check.
This is also just another version of the Nigerian money scam so BEWARE!!!!!!
A Penny for your Thoughts....
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