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Yahoo users, if you have received fake Yahoo Upgrade notification email like the one below, which claim you need to upgrade your Yahoo and threaten to close or deactivate your account if you do not, please delete the same emails and do not follow the instructions in them. This is because the email messages are phishing scams being sent by cybercriminals to trick Yahoo users into clicking on the link in them, which goes to phishing websites that steal Yahoo usernames and passwords.
From: "Center Message" <wei.chen704@hotmail.com>Sent: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 13:19Subject: Upgrade Notification.Yahoo mailWe are asking all users to upgrade to our newer version service, due to fixing some errors and security info malfunctioning.Starting from 03/13/2019 you will no longer have access to sign-in into your account if no action is taken.UPGRADE TO NEW VERSIONTo confirm if your account is already upgraded before please, click here . And fillNοte: We the Administrator will be notify if you ignore this new version upgrade , and we will be forced to de-activate your account.All Rights Reserved© YAHOO! INC. 2019
From: "Center Message" <wei.chen704@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 13:19
Subject: Upgrade Notification.
Yahoo mail
We are asking all users to upgrade to our newer version service, due to fixing some errors and security info malfunctioning.Starting from 03/13/2019 you will no longer have access to sign-in into your account if no action is taken.
UPGRADE TO NEW VERSION
To confirm if your account is already upgraded before please, click here . And fill
Nοte: We the Administrator will be notify if you ignore this new version upgrade , and we will be forced to de-activate your account.
All Rights Reserved
© YAHOO! INC. 2019
Yahoo users should never click on a link to sign into their accounts; they should instead, go directly to mail.yahoo.com or yahoo.com and sign-in from there. Once they are signed in, they will be alerted to updates, changes or other important notifications. Going directly to Yahoo’s website to sign into their accounts, will protect Yahoo users from phishing links that go to fake websites that steal usernames and passwords. Phishing websites steal their visitors’ usernames and passwords by asking them to sign into their accounts on the same fake website. Once visitors to the websites attempt to sign-in, their usernames and passwords (credentials) will be sent to the cybercriminals responsible for the phishing websites. As soon as the cybercriminals receive their potential victims’ usernames and passwords, they will sign into their accounts, hijack and use them fraudulently.
Yahoo users who have been tricked by the fake upgrade email, are asked to change their Yahoo passwords immediately before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently.
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Reminder: You Are Violating Our Terms of Service & Privacy PolicyDear valued user,It's mandatory that you Update your account to avoid permanent deactivation of your account as our record indicates your account is not updated."Starting from 8th June 2021, YAHOO! may at any time terminate its services to accounts for failure to perform required Security Update prior to our policy oath and terms"Take a minute to update your account for faster, safer and full featured YAHOO! experience.CLICK ON THE ATTACHED TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT.Thanks,Yahoo! Mail Team.Please do not reply to this e-mail.Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.For assistance, log in to your email! website and choose the "Help" link on any page.Customer Service Email ID # 1009.c 2021!, Inc. All rights reserved.IS THIS REAL OR SCHAM?
It is a scam.
I got this one, is it legitimate
No, it is not legit.
Thank you for this important and safe information. Here is the name of the sight that sent me that upgrade message.“jkwaitkus.weekly.com”
I get several of these emails monthly. Most have a source email provider of weebly.com, but sometimes from an outlook or other based email. None of them actually use my name. They all just address Yahoo Mail User. If Yahoo knows me, they need to use my name. Otherwise, it is just phishing.
please tell me if this message is legit:We love that you love using your Yahoo Mail. And we want to make sure you always have the best experience. That’s why we’re reaching out today.We’ve noticed that you’re using non-Yahoo applications (such as third-party email, calendar, or contact applications) that may use a less secure sign-in method. To protect you and your data, Yahoo will no longer support the current sign-in functionality in your application starting on October 20, 2020. This means that you will need to take one of the steps below to continue using Yahoo Mail without interruption.But don’t worry, you have options. Find an option that works best for you below:Option 1: We recommend that you access your email using our free Yahoo Mail app for iOS and Android or simply go to mail.yahoo.com to access Yahoo Mail on the web.Option 2: Keep your current, non-Yahoo app, BUT follow a few steps to get it to sync with our secure sign-in method. The steps vary across different email applications, but in most cases, you will have to remove your Yahoo account from the app and then add it back again to update the sign-in security. Use the links below to follow the specific steps for your current application:iOS MailGmailSamsung MailOthersOption 3: You can generate a one-time, unique password that will allow you to sign in to your account using your non-Yahoo email application. Once created, this password will continue to allow your app to securely sync your Yahoo email unless you sign out (or are signed out) from your app. You can find instructions on how to do this here.If you want more details on these changes, please visit our help page. If you’ve already taken action, we’d like to think you haven’t read this far, but if you have . . . we sure appreciate the diligence!Thanks for rocking that Yahoo Mail address!Yours in your inbox,The Yahoo Team
It seems legit, we need the actual email to determine that. Forward the email to info@onlinethreatalerts.com
I got the same email. Was it legit?
The emails are scams. Yahoo Mail is web based, therefore, you do not need to click any link to upgrade. Everything will be done on Yahoo's or the server side.If something needs to be done to your Yahho account, you will be notified after signing in, so there is no need to click on a link in a fake or suspicious email.
I have received 2 emails threatening me with loss of all my emails if I dont UPGRADE IMMEDIATELY.The first was in Spam...and the 2nd in my inbox and I clicked on ...but it didnt go anywhere. Stupidly I also replied before it occurred to me it was posssibly Spam.I really dont want to lose all my account emails so how can I be sure?The address on the email sender looked said Ymail.com but was in fact...rsaez@unizar.es.
