Phishey, Phooey, and a Sure Fire Scam

Folks,

I've no reason to believe that once you have an email account for several years with an email provider, that provider will reach out to you for account verification. These scams are getting a too scary.

The latest scam I received was supposedly from Yahoo Customer Service.

The sender asked for my Yahoo ID, password, name and birth date. He/she even asked that I type a code word and warned me that if I did not verify my information, my account would be permanently lost. It all looked very convincing. I tried to copy and past it onto this blog, but for some reason, it wouldn't take. It was in the Yahoo fonts, and looked VERY convincing. Only, I could not believe that Yahoo would want to verify this information.

Because of my skepticism, I decided to take a closer look at the email and found that although the sender said Yahoo customer service, the email address was alize13@abcglobal.net. This clearly raised a red flag. That is, why would Yahoo customer service not have a yahoo email? Second, upon closer examination, I also found some grammatical errors. For example, the email read: This helps Yahoo prevent automated Verification. While easily overlooked, there is no reason for the V in verification to be capitalized.

Keep your eyes open.
There's a lot of phishing going on.
Whatever you do, don't bite!

What??????

ATTENTION DEAR,

THE MANAGEMENT OF CENTERAL BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, WISHES TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF Your CONFIRMED BANK DRAFT CHEQUE ISSUED IN YOUR FAVOUR WITH CASH AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS, FROM YOUR AGENT AND HE TOLD US TO ARRANGE YOUR PAYMENT TO BE AVAILABLE BY WESTERN UNION DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU CAN NOT BE ABLE TO CASH THE TOTAL $1.5MILLION CHEQUE,YOU ARE NOW ADVISED TO CONTACT WESTERN UNION OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND SEND THEM YOUR DETAILS WHERE THEY CAN START SENDING YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU AS WE BOOKED WITH WESTERN UNION OFFICE TO START REMITTING YOUR PAYMENT RIGHT FROM TOMORROW IF POSSIBLE YOU CONTACT THEM AS TODAY: THE AMOUNT THEY WILL SEND YOU EVERY DAY IS $7000.00 US Dollars .TILL YOU RECEIVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF YOUR $1.500.000.00 CHEQUE.

HOWEVER YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION OFFICE.
CONTACT PERSON:DR.LUCIA POLANI
EMAIL:luciapolani231@micro.lt
TEL:+234 805-77-80-698


SO BEFORE THEY CAN PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT BY TOMORROW YOU ARE ADVISED TO EFFECT THE SUM OF $100 US DOLLARS TO THEM TO ENABLE THEM REVENUE THE CHEQUE AND START SENDING IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW.

BELOW IS THE INFORMATION REQUESTED.

RECEIVER NAME..........
CITY..............................
COUNTRY......................
GENDER........................
TELEPHONE..................
QUESTION TEST............
ANSWER.......................

THE DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION REV.JERRY THOMPSON WILL EMAIL YOU WITH THE TRACKING DETAILS YOU NEED TO PICK YOUR A DAY PAYMENT
OVER THERE. THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE IS NOW WAITING FOR YOUR DETAILS WHERE THEY CAN START SENDING YOUR A DAY PAYMENT FROM
TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MRS.Anita Hughes