Posted by 101livescan on 11/26/11 5:37pm
Msg #405005

Phishing

My humblest apologies to any of you who received an email from my yahoo account re. whatever it was....meds, enhancements, etc. Two people emailed me today to let me know my account was hacked, I have over 20,000 people in contacts. The good part is that I now know whose email is invalid due to company closure, layoff, etc. I am cleaning up my contact folder.

What does one do after their email account has been hacked? I know YAHOO.com knows, they are working in the back end trying to remedy this. Anyone else had this dreadful experience, what did you do?

Reply by JulieD/KS on 11/26/11 5:47pm
Msg #405007

I have it happen occasionally and I was told "change your password". That doesn't help at all.

So, you know what I did? I emptied my Yahoo Contacts list completely. I left my own address in the Contact List....that way I can see when someone has hacked me. But...since my contact list is otherwise empty, the hacked email goes nowhere except to me.

Since emptying my Contacts, I've had the phishing emails hit at least 10 times...so it's protected the people I know from receiving these emails. It's more difficult for me to email people...but I can still email them by searching my Inbox for emails I've received from them.

I know of no other way to prevent the spread of this dis-ease. If someone knows another way, please let me know.

Reply by 101livescan on 11/26/11 5:51pm
Msg #405010

Thanks, Julie. Well, I've got a pot of chicken soup n veggies in the slow cooker and a bottle of Bridlewood cab, anyone want to come over and help me out of this mess, you're welcome to drop in. URRRGGGGH.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 11/26/11 11:37pm
Msg #405030

Oh, if only the teleporter was back from the shop. n/m

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 11/27/11 11:28am
Msg #405039

Use Hotmail or gmail. I don't have those problems anymore

Reply by jba/fl on 11/27/11 5:14pm
Msg #405047

I don't think I would ever use hotmail for business...

how professional is that?

Reply by OR on 11/26/11 5:50pm
Msg #405009

That happen to me twice this year. I re did my email account the first time. Then secont time I contacted McAfee and AOL they both said just change you pass word. Then change it often after that. So I did and I am fine now. Good luck. I hate this stuff.

Reply by JulieD/KS on 11/26/11 7:13pm
Msg #405015

Changing your password only works until another one comes along, unfortunately.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/26/11 7:33pm
Msg #405016

Mine got hacked...they not only sent one of those

stupid emails to everyone on my list - "help I'm in London and stranded" - but they stole ALL my contacts - wiped it clean....and I can't restore it...

I closed my yahoo account.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 11/26/11 10:10pm
Msg #405024

Re: Mine got hacked...they not only sent one of those

"I closed my yahoo account."

Unfortunately, I think that - or close to it - is the best solution. I have a Yahoo email account only because of Yahoo groups I belong to, but I don't give it out for anything else and I do not store any email addresses in ANY online directories.

Everyone I know of who has had either of the two problems referred to here, has had it happen with a Yahoo account. There are too many other choices available these days to continue to use Yahoo as a primary email solution. Sad to say, I think the best thing to do is close the account completely, create another new one for whatever has to be through Yahoo, then use something else (gmail, Outlook, etc.) for email and storage of contact info.

Reply by 101livescan on 11/26/11 7:39pm
Msg #405019

I've spent the entire day explaining to friends and family I absolutely DO NOT NEED Viagra!

Reply by HisHughness on 11/26/11 8:11pm
Msg #405020

Gee, wish I'd checked in here first

***I've spent the entire day explaining to friends and family I absolutely DO NOT NEED Viagra!***

I've already ordered a 90-day supply from you.

Reply by 101livescan on 11/26/11 8:14pm
Msg #405021

Re: Gee, wish I'd checked in here first

So, I can't wait to receive your cash for your purchase....where could it be! Thanks, everyone, for making contributions to my mortgage payment. Yeehaaw.

Reply by Buddy Young on 11/26/11 10:09pm
Msg #405023

Re: Gee, wish I'd checked in here first

I need some Viagra.

I just need it to stick out far enough so I won't pee on my golf shoes.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 11/26/11 11:30pm
Msg #405029

You're so funny, Buddy. Thanks for sharing a ManCave

joke.

A friend of mine's trying to hook me up with his brother, so, when he's [oh, why do I feel like a bowling pin] yakking me up, bro says, "Hey, man, I don't have to order those blue pills, do I?" (hardeeharharhar) Or so the friend of mine "said" he said...

Heeeey, come to think of it, ya know, Buddy? Men bragging about "missing the golf shoes," and "peeing over the side of the boat ~gracefully~," is getting flat out tiresome. I know how big men's feet are, especially in white shoes...You men get all the breaks: and then brag. Gak!

Since my next line may not be suitable for family hour, I'll shut up now. It's Saturday night, hope everyone's groovy.

Reply by lacy/ga on 11/26/11 10:42pm
Msg #405026

I dont have any contacts in my yahoo account.

Reply by Notarysigner on 11/27/11 8:06am
Msg #405035

Re: Phishing another suggestion that might work for you

I have a yahoo account with aliases.....my primary account has NO contact info My aliases do. notarysigner is one alias, it has notary contacts, retiree is another, for friends and family, and so on for my Art (visual_arts), general notary work (notarypublic4u), etc. Anyway they all have different passwords so I can quickly isolate where the problem is.

I DO NOT USE my primary account at all, only to change it's password. I, knock on wood, have had no problems going on 12 years of doing this.

Reply by 101livescan on 11/27/11 9:42am
Msg #405036

Re: Phishing another suggestion that might work for you

Hmmm...I'm pondering on how transition everything over. I've had this account for six years. It's devastating. I also am no longer getting emails on my phone. I've got so much on yahoo account, I don't know where to begin. Off to Verizon in a while to have them look at myy phone. Perhaps my phone was the subject of phishing, not my laptop. Wish I were smarter about this. Any way, you all thanks for tips. Hugh, you took a little stress off the situation with your quick wit!

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/27/11 10:21am
Msg #405037

Cheryl, that's exactly what happened to me

I know how you feel - I've had yahoo forever..all my contacts were there...and I lost them all...

I'm still rebuilding...I must admit though that the amount of spam I get has been cut drastically!

Reply by 101livescan on 11/27/11 5:26pm
Msg #405049

Re: Cheryl, that's exactly what happened to me

For now, I'm good. I've changed my password in Yahoo! Mail on laptop and on my cell phone. But my next step is to slowly migrate everything to a GMail account.

I have so many lending and settlement vendors out there who call me, it would be suicide to change cold turkey. Then there are all the boards I'm listed on so need to make a list of everywhere my email is on file and tackle this on a cold, rainy day when I'm not out there running around like an energizer bunny signing docs. This past week was killer, long days, many calls.

Thanks, everyone, for your input. I'm just wondering if it is possible to make more money selling Viagra than loan signing...I am pondering! I had some great belly laughs this weekend from Buddy and Hugh.

Reply by Gavina Franklin on 11/27/11 11:41pm
Msg #405064

Probably you have a virus

Scan all your computer with malwarebytes. Hope this help.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/28/11 4:54am
Msg #405067

I did - no virus. n/m

Reply by Notarysigner on 11/27/11 11:14am
Msg #405038

Do you sync your phone with your computer on a

regular basis? That happened to me, then my daughter told me I had to "sync" my phone. WHAT??? Anyway once I did it , all my contacts can back to my phone and email capabilities. Upgrades to you phone are constantly being provide via your computer, just two days ago free OS upgrade which provided additional security measures and extended battery life. Live and learn...from the kids.

Reply by Buddy Young on 11/27/11 11:22pm
Msg #405063

I just added a picture to my sign in account. It's some kind of filter I think.

Also after reading this, I sign off every time instead of closing the window.

Thanks for the info everyone.