at least they are not running you down in the driveway anymore :) it would be tragic if you were to loose your email account. My users will fall for this. I will have to send a warning which is guaranteed to get me a ton of calls. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:25 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: ALERT! YAHOO SCAM FW: IMPORTANT: Verification Required To Avoid Email Deletion Too bad they can't spell. The word writting tipped me right off. I've recently got the same type of scams for Ebay, Paypal, Citibank, AOL and Bank of America. They must think I am a sucker or something. JK -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Greg Reese Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:18 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: ALERT! YAHOO SCAM FW: IMPORTANT: Verification Required To Avoid Email Deletion they did a hell of a job with it. Is Yahoo saying anything about it? Greg -----Original Message----- From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:12 PM To: brainstem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] ALERT! YAHOO SCAM FW: IMPORTANT: Verification Required To Avoid Email Deletion Importance: High Watch out! I just received the below email Someone is trying to steal Yahoo! passwords. Do not give anyone your password or respond to this. Sample is below. Regards, Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net X-Apparently-To: jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx via 216.136.174.181; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:35:01 -0700 Return-Path: < root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Received: from 212.48.165.150 (EHLO artisweb.officinaweb.it) (212.48.165.150) by mta229.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:35:00 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by artisweb.officinaweb.it (8.11.2/8.11.2) id h7S6WMp32566; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:32:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:32:22 -0400 Message-Id: < 200308280632.h7S6WMp32566@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx Subject: IMPORTANT: Verification Required To Avoid Email Deletion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Yahoo! < WebMaster@xxxxxxxxx> To: < jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Yahoo! < WebMaster@xxxxxxxxx> X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Outlook Express 5.0001 -----Original Message----- From: Yahoo! [mailto:WebMaster@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:32 AM To: jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx; jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx Subject: IMPORTANT: Verification Required To Avoid Email Deletion Importance: High <http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/pim/b/mailma1.gif> Hi friends, Yahoo! Mail WebMaster is writting you. In order to protect Yahoo! Mail service and our valued customers, we require your contact personal information to be correct. Click on the link below to : Verify if your contact personal information is correct <http://212.48.165.150/main/us.f806.mail/ShowFolder/index.php?user=jkenzig&MsgId=4828_910692_24406_841_1890_0_280_12691_1164_692_0890_876_543567875_4335_77&YY=4144&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox> We must receive confirmation within the next 48 hours in order to avoid loosing of this mail address. Thank you for using Yahoo! The First Step on the Web Customer Support Yahoo.com, Inc.