| Recently, as of Friday the 13th, November, 2009 - I received another Yahoo Alert Email supposedly from Yahoo twice - back to back. Well, to the not so Internet and Email Savvy Surfer, this SPAM mail will trick the 'hell' out of you. (Please excuse me Church People, but, I have to say it in this form to get my point clearly across the board.) Why would it trick someone? Well, if you scroll down this web page and take a look at this particular email sent to us at one of our email address, it has what appears to be a legitimate " @ yahoo.com " in the rear of it. Note: Anyone can create this sort of email address or fake it - whoever knows how. But, in fact - SPAM Mail always tells on itself and I'm going to identify () ways how below: 1) A Spam Email will ask you to respond to a different email sent from the "Sender". 2) Spam Email will always ask you for personal information. 3) Spam Email will have a FALSE URL or LINK of the person or company its forged or fraudulent representing. CHECK ALL URLs or LINKS. Don't believe me? Well, place your Cursor on the link in Exhibit NOV1309 below this article " https://billing.yahoo.com " and look in the bottom left portion of your Internet Browser (This applies to Internet Explorer or Firefox) and you will see this https://billing....yahoo.com/ . The dots clearly identify a falsehood, so DON'T BE FOOLED. 4) A Spam Email may not be directly address to you. Sometimes it appears to be, but not all of the time. 5) These emails will always request urgent response, create fear in the Net User's mind, talk about giving you millions of dollars having never even seen you or possibly tell you a sad story. 6) The SPAM Email always appears to have bad sentence structure. LOL ( I know I can't talk about other people's sentence structure, but its true.) 7) The SPAM Email will have missed spelled words in a Business Letter Format. LOL ( Again, I know BIE can't say anything, but at least if we catch it and correct ourselves.) Note: The sad story part is not difficult to discern from a more legitimate one - if you LOOK for the tell tell signs, so, don't disregard all sad stories. ALWAYS confirm them. Alrighty, More TRICKERY! This particular email is good, but not the best. Let, me tell you how its good in fooling you. The SPAM ATTACKER, preys on the fact that you may not utilize common sense, when he or she creates FEAR in your mind while telling you the following below: QUOTED from the SPAMMER: " Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts,Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts,You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your login info below after clicking the reply botton or your Account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons. " Say what!! A) If Yahoo is a FREE Email Account Company where Millions of People go daily to check their emails, why would it have Congestion in this form, IF it wanted to be in business. B) If Yahoo did have congestion, why would it not Post the Message Directly On the Web Page most of the time in a Yellow Background? (Which it does) C) Why would Yahoo need to ask you personal questions? Fore, it already knows who you are from the information you provided. Oh, one other thing, if our subscription was canceled on September 29, 2009 as described below in Exhibit NOV1309 , how in the heck are we receiving this email, now? LOL Its important to know the facts about SPAM and creating personal SPAM Filters to prevent yourself from becoming a Victim. Oh, before I go; what should you do if you have fallen prey to this or other similar SPAM Mail tricks? 1) Don't Panic. 2) Always get a second, third or fourth opinion; do the research. 3) If they get you, change your email password immediately. Do not make a password that you can remember. Always write the password down at least twice (Write it down on at least two different documents that you secure and can easily acquire) and put it in a safe secured place. Use words that are capitalized, lower case letters and at least (1) or more special characters. ( Example: & ^ * ? % ) Change your password frequently ( Yearly, 6 months, Quarters, Monthly, Weekly or Daily). 4) If you have made financial transactions utilizing this email, stop! Create a new email address, follow the procedures above about creating a password and use this particular email address ONLY for financial transactions. Please make sure you change the OLD email address in each and every financial institution web site profile of yours to the NEW email address you created. ONLY utilized this email address for financial transactions and REMEMBER IT. 5) Contact your employer or email service provider and tell them your situation. 6) Contact the proper authorities. Google (Look in a search engine like Google), " CERT " for advice. So, what do you think? Sign, C. Henry Adams President / CEO Broadcasting Interest Enterprise, Inc. (404) 348-8319 chatlga2000@yahoo.com http://biemediagroup.com Follow Me On Twitter http://twitter.com/chenryadams Promoting Small Business 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week and 365 Days a Year! http://chenryadams.blogspot.com NOTE: The following spam email below was sent to our attention. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exhibit NOV1309 --- On Fri, 11/13/09, Yahoo Customer Service < yahoo.verification@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Don't Fall for Yahoo Alert - Okie Dope Spam Mail, It Will Cost YOU Your Password!
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