"Yahoo Your Mailbox Has Exceeded Its Verification Limit" Scam
Yahoo users who have received email messages like the one below that claim their email account verification limit has been exceeded and need to be verified are asked not to click on the link within them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams being sent by cyber criminals to their potential victims in an attempt to trick them into visiting a phishing website that steals email account usernames and passwords.
The "Yahoo Your Mailbox Has Exceeded Its Verification Limit" Phishing Scam
From: Mail Support - noreply_2004660@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019, 09:17:25 AM GMT+2
Subject: Please Verify Your Email Address
Your mailbox has exceeded it's verification limit.
we strongly advise you update your account to avoid account Suspension or De-activation.
To Update: Please Kindly open the attachment to update your account
Warning: Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after 5 days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account. Please do not ignore this notice.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Mail Support
Replies sent to this email cannot be answered.
If the link in the phishing email message is clicked by the recipients, they will be taken to a phishing website and ask to sign-in. If they attempt to do so, their Yahoo account credentials (usernames and passwords) will be sent to the cybercriminals behind the scam. Once the cybercriminals have gotten the stolen credentials, they will gain access to the accounts, hijack them, and use them fraudulently.
Therefore, Yahoo users who have received email messages with a link to update their information or make changes to their accounts should always go directly to mail.yahoo.com and sign into their accounts instead of clicking on the link. Once Yahoo users have signed into their accounts, they will be noticed of changes or updates, if there are any. Going directly to mail.yahoo.com and signing in from there is only guaranteed way of preventing Yahoo users from becoming victims of phishing scams.
Yahoo users who have already been tricked by the phishing scam are asked change their passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently. If their accounts have already been hijacked by cybercriminals, they can click here for instructions to regain access to their accounts.
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