Subj : Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week.
To   : All
From : Davidb@nomail.afraid.invalid
Date : Sat Dec 31 2016 16:06:00

Subject: Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week.
From: "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid>
 
On 30/12/2016 20:50, Shadow wrote:
>
>
> Telling me to change my password, and use two factor security, "for my
> safety". Apparently I can send a hash of my fingerprints, my cell
> phone number or my social security details.
>
> The headers appear to be authentic, but the Yahoo emails redirect to a
> site in Bosnia, and the Microsoft emails to a rent-an-IP company in
> Brazil.
 
Sadly, it appears that your computer has been compromised. Sorry about 
that. :-(
 
> No serious company would ever demand you use two factor
> authentication. It's two vulnerabilities to exploit. Just use a STRONG
> password.
>       HTH
>       []'s
 
You are giving incorrect information.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication
 
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