Lately been inundated with "Update your banking details" obvious fraudsters! How do they get our email addresses? (Been forwarding them to Scotland Yard fraud squad). Simple answers please, I'm a bit dim, nice but dim. Thanks guys.
2006-09-05 12:24:57 · 7 answers · asked by chris_sensei2003 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Sweets:
Firstly there is the "Yahoo Members Directory". check it out.
Secondly if you ever use Yahoo Instant Messenger...watch out.
When online using any IM (instant messanger), avoid would be "friends" who seem too "interested". They ask simple questions like:
When's your birthday?
Where do you live?
Do you have a pet?
Do you have any other email address than....?
These questions, asked correctly could give them your Yahoo account and perhaps any other email address.
For instance, the "good ones" will start on any instant messenger by of course being "your friend".
They then progress to ask you about your pets. Common secret question on your Yahoo account.
Where you live, reveals your zip code, another question needed for verifying your Yahoo account.
When's your birthday?
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION ON A YAHOO ACCOUNT!
...for it is not seen nor changeable, but necessary to change
the password.
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BLOCK these addresses, go to "options", top righthand corner, click on "block addresses", add them to your list and you will never receive another. You can block up to 500 of these pesky no counts.
2006-09-05 13:28:33 · answer #1 · answered by gordjca 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are bots that roam the internet stealing this info. Plus some of your friends may have their pc compromised by a trojan that searches their Outlook Express address book.
2006-09-05 12:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
replace password bypass to my account link on the excellent of ur mail field cyber web internet site There pick replace password U could be asked to form the previous and new password u pick After typing the above requests save it and ur password is replaced changing yahoo mail own training U won't have the potential to regulate the yahoo identity u have as quickly as formed to regulate your person training bypass to my account link on the yahoo mail cyber web internet site and then click on edit decrease than the staggering tab
2016-11-24 23:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are pretty good causing Fraud!! They suggest to change your E-mail, and address every 6 months!!
2006-09-05 12:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by alfonso 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, anytime you sign up for anything using your e-mail address, you may be giving your e-mail address to someone who's going to turn it around and sell it or give it away to data mining companies.
2006-09-05 12:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by UbiquitousGeek 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they go from page to page on the internet with robots to find email addresses to steal and use..
2006-09-05 12:28:22 · answer #6 · answered by speech1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Data tracking and data mining software, that's gathering data for them
2006-09-05 12:31:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋