Subj : Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week. To : All From : Imvalid@somewear.com Date : Sun Jan 01 2017 12:34:00 From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Subject: Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week. On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 02:55:10 -0000, Shadow wrote: > On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:23:36 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword" > wrote: > >> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:50:09 -0000, 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. >>> >>> No serious company would ever demand you use two factor >>> authentication. It's two vulnerabilities to exploit. Just use a STRONG >>> password. >> >> I don't care about anyone stupid enough to fall for those. > > Some of them are almost perfect, from the faked header to the > long link with a redirect so far to the right it does not appear on > the screen when you hover over it. You only see the "yahoo"or > "live.com" followed by the usual (expected) string of datamining. > []'s I've never seen one that even made me look twice. Spelling and grammatical err ors everywhere, bad alignment, wrong server used on all the links, blatantly ob vious. -- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scam med and those yet to be scammed! --- ViaMAIL!/WC v2.00 * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Lightning Fast Mailer for Wildcat! (1:261/20) .