I just got an email sent to me from "Yahoo!' for an email address "
[email protected]" that said the following.....
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Dear Yahoo! User
During one of our regular automated verification procedures we've encountered a problem caused by the fact that we could not verify the data that you provided to us. Please, give us the following information so that we could fully verify your identity. Otherwise your access to Yahoo! services will be closed.
To verify your information please follow this link:
https://www.mail.yahoo.com/config/users/verify.htm
Thanks for using Yahoo! Mail.
Sincerely,
The Yahoo! Mail Team
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So being curious, I clicked on the link in the email and of course it takes me to web address defined by an IP address and not a URL and on that page is asks for my credit card information and everything somebody would need to steal your identity.
The sad part is, some people would probably not notice these things and would gladly supply that information to "Yahoo" and then end up being screwed over by some fuck-off dickhead.
So I reported it to the hosting company the IP address is registered to, to Yahoo! and to the FBI. We will see what happens I guess, probably nothing.
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