{"id":911,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=911"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Another-Lame-Attempt-to-Steal-Your-Email-Account-Password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Another Lame Attempt to Steal Your Email Account Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nALL CAPS email purporting \u00a0to be from Yahoo claims that your email account will be closed if you do not confirm your account by replying with your login details.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nOf course, the email is not from Yahoo and Yahoo is not removing accounts due to \u00a0congestion as claimed.  \u00a0In fact, the email is a laughably \u00a0crude and amateurish phishing attempt designed to steal your Yahoo account login details.<\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>From: &#8220;YAHOO!!&#8221;<br \/>\nSubject: ACCOUNT SECURITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DEAR MEMBER,<\/p>\n<p>DUE TO THE CONGESTION OF ALL USERS OF YAHOO MAIL, AND REMOVAL OF ALL UNUSED ACCOUNTS YAHOO BETA, YAHOO WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU HAVE TO CONFIRM YOUR E-MAIL BY FILLING OUT YOUR LOGIN INFORMATION BELOW IN CASE WHERE THE FORM IS NOT FULLY COMPLETED YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE SUSPENDED WITHIN 48 HOURS FOR SECURITY REASONS.<\/p>\n<p>CONFIRMATION OF YOUR IDENTITY.<\/p>\n<p>NAME: &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nFIRST NAME: &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nYAHOO ADDRESS:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br \/>\nPASSWORD: &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\nPHONE:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<br \/>\nPROFESSION:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<br \/>\nCOUNTRY:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>YAHOO! CUSTOMER CARE<br \/>\nCASE NUMBER: 8941624<br \/>\nPROPERTY: ACCOUNT SECURITY<\/p>\n<p>CONFIRM YOUR PASSWORD AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BY SENDING US THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS MESSAGE WITHIN 48 HOURS. AFTER THIS TIME OF RECEIPT OF YOUR INFORMATION WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION OF YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF YOUR MESSAGING<\/p>\n<p>COPYRIGHT \u00a9YAHOO<br \/>\nALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REVIEW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSome scam attempts are so lame and amateurish that they can be rather entertaining in their own right. The scammer who came up with this little gem might \u00a0be new to the job or perhaps just a little more dense than his fellow criminals.  \u00a0The message, which is rendered in ALL CAPS, apparently for added impact, claims that Yahoo &#8216;would have to close your account&#8217; due to congestion. Supposedly, your Yahoo email account will be suspended within 48 hours if you do not supply your account login details.<\/p>\n<p>Rather confusingly, having at first suggested \u00a0that the \u00a0account is set to be closed due to congestion on the network, the message then changes tack and claims that the impending suspension is necessary for &#8216;security reasons&#8217;.  \u00a0The confused and convoluted phrasing of the message, of course, suggests that English is our little scammer&#8217;s second language.<\/p>\n<p>And, unlike many of his more canny criminal colleagues, this scammer has \u00a0made no attempt to create a fake Yahoo look-a-like website on which to capture your login details. He hasn&#8217;t even made a simple HTML form to send as an attachment.  \u00a0Instead, he simply asks that you reply to the \u00a0scam email itself with your email address, email password and other \u00a0personal details.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, no legitimate web \u00a0service provider is ever likely to ask customers to send sensitive personal information such as passwords via an unsecure email. Nor would they ever SHOUT at their customers by sending administration emails in all capital letters.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, all that being said, there are new users  \u00a0joining us online every day and, because of their inexperience, at least some of these users \u00a0may not notice the red flags \u00a0the \u00a0rest of us see so clearly. If you have friends or family members who are new to the nefarious ways of the Internet, are perhaps a little gullible, or are potentially vulnerable for other reasons, please take the time to educate them about basic online safety and security issues. By doing so, you could thwart a scammer as well as help somebody avoid becoming yet another victim.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\"\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-1317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/another-lame-attempt-to-steal-your-email-account-password\/email-phishing-hook-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"email-phishing-hook-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1.jpg\" alt=\"Email Phishing\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/email-phishing-hook-1-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: March 20, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: March 20, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"Yahoo Account Phishing Scam Email\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/yahoo-mail-phish.shtml\">Yahoo Account Phishing Scam Email<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Gmail Account Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/gmail-phishing-scam.shtml\">Gmail Account Phishing Scam<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Phishing Scams - Anti-Phishing Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/phisher-scams.html\">Phishing Scams &#8211; Anti-Phishing Information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/another-lame-attempt-to-steal-your-email-account-password\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/another-lame-attempt-to-steal-your-email-account-password\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: ALL CAPS email purporting \u00a0to be from Yahoo claims that your email account will be closed if you do not confirm your account by replying with your login details. Brief Analysis: Of course, the email is not from Yahoo and Yahoo is not removing accounts due to \u00a0congestion as claimed. \u00a0In fact, the email [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}