Comments on: Helpful Tip: How to Report a Phishing Email http://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/ Technology News Sun, 27 May 2012 02:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alihttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-158250 Ali Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:37:42 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-158250 Yahoo does NOT have a way for Non Yahoo account users to report phishing/abuse from Yahoo accounts. I had a discussion with Yahoo Customer Care on their live chat and was told by both an Agent and a Supervisor that I could use my own Yahoo account to report spam/phishing for other non yahoo users or encourage them to open a Yahoo account. All the links on the Yahoo Help page direct you to the Login Screen.Joshua: If she really wants to report this Yahoo! account to directly to Yahoo!, you can report it for her or have her create a Yahoo! account.Joshua: If she received an email form a Yahoo! Mail account or other email accounts. We encourage you to report such incidents to the appropriate provider or company involved. They will be in a better position to take appropriate action. You may also wish to report the phishing email to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by forwarding it to: spam@uce.govThose were from the supervisor. Nice to see Yahoo is condoning phishing and spam from their account holders by doing absolutely nothing for those who don't use Yahoo. Yahoo does NOT have a way for Non Yahoo account users to report phishing/abuse from Yahoo accounts. I had a discussion with Yahoo Customer Care on their live chat and was told by both an Agent and a Supervisor that I could use my own Yahoo account to report spam/phishing for other non yahoo users or encourage them to open a Yahoo account. All the links on the Yahoo Help page direct you to the Login Screen.

Joshua: If she really wants to report this Yahoo! account to directly to Yahoo!, you can report it for her or have her create a Yahoo! account.

Joshua: If she received an email form a Yahoo! Mail account or other email accounts. We encourage you to report such incidents to the appropriate provider or company involved. They will be in a better position to take appropriate action. You may also wish to report the phishing email to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by forwarding it to: spam@uce.gov

Those were from the supervisor. Nice to see Yahoo is condoning phishing and spam from their account holders by doing absolutely nothing for those who don’t use Yahoo.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-153317 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:35:56 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-153317 I am trying to report a Yahoo!mail phishing email and am recieving the same error report. Looking at the phishing email, there is a similar address within the text that ends with cc.yahoo-inc.com. Is that a ligitimate domain name, or is that itself another phishing site? Seems phishy that we cannot access phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com AND that domain shows up withing a phishing email.At any rate, how are we supposed to report phishing emails to yahoo? All I find is a form to report websites or instant messages, nothing to forward emails to. Do they not want to know about this?? I am trying to report a Yahoo!mail phishing email and am recieving the same error report. Looking at the phishing email, there is a similar address within the text that ends with cc.yahoo-inc.com.
Is that a ligitimate domain name, or is that itself another phishing site?
Seems phishy that we cannot access phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com AND that domain shows up withing a phishing email.

At any rate, how are we supposed to report phishing emails to yahoo? All I find is a form to report websites or instant messages, nothing to forward emails to.
Do they not want to know about this??

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-151814 Anonymous Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:25:00 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-151814 Try using a different internet browser, Microsoft is constantly coming out with "security fixes" for their browser. I recommend Google Chrome, much safer. Try using a different internet browser, Microsoft is constantly coming out with “security fixes” for their browser. I recommend Google Chrome, much safer.

]]> By: Nicshttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-151293 Nics Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:35:27 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-151293 phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.comI got a password phishing email and tried forwarding to phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com and got this message after clicking send " There was a problem!The recipient info doesn't seem quite right. Please look it over and try again."How do I forward the phishing email to Yahoo! if the reporting addy has a problem ? phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com

I got a password phishing email and tried forwarding to phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com and got this message after clicking send ” There was a problem!

The recipient info doesn’t seem quite right. Please look it over and try again.”

How do I forward the phishing email to Yahoo! if the reporting addy has a problem ?

]]> By: Richardhttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-147516 Richard Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:58:59 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-147516 I keep getting phishing emails from what appears to be Bank of America. I have been opening them, right click, copy the source and routing, then forwarding that info to BOA @ abuse@bankofamerica.com. The phishers get angry becuase large corporations shut them down immediately. Within the last month I received another, and when I opened it to obtain the source and routing, was immediately infected with a very nasty Trojan. The forwarding to abuse@(name of insitution).com works for most legit companies and they are happy to get the info. Some get by my inbox Filter in Hotmail, but I simply move them to junk without opening them and the system learns. From now on I just delete them but that is a PITA. I saw on another forum how to report phishing emails in Hotmail Live. Doesn't seem to work for me Running Explorer 7, even though it has Hotmail Live redirect. BTW: I am running Verizon Security Suite full version real time protection, and the Trojan still got through. I keep getting phishing emails from what appears to be Bank of America. I have been opening them, right click, copy the source and routing, then forwarding that info to BOA @ abuse@bankofamerica.com. The phishers get angry becuase large corporations shut them down immediately. Within the last month I received another, and when I opened it to obtain the source and routing, was immediately infected with a very nasty Trojan. The forwarding to abuse@(name of insitution).com works for most legit companies and they are happy to get the info. Some get by my inbox Filter in Hotmail, but I simply move them to junk without opening them and the system learns. From now on I just delete them but that is a PITA. I saw on another forum how to report phishing emails in Hotmail Live. Doesn’t seem to work for me Running Explorer 7, even though it has Hotmail Live redirect. BTW: I am running Verizon Security Suite full version real time protection, and the Trojan still got through.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-138169 Anonymous Wed, 21 May 2008 14:46:30 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-138169 Forward phishing to phishing-report@us-cert.gov Forward phishing to phishing-report@us-cert.gov

]]> By: danhttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-132929 dan Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:38:04 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-132929 they want you to print full headers so they can track it down.but if it doesn't initiate from their site they just say thanks but it's not their client so they can't take action. if i have yahoo & hotmail shows up in the headers how do i contact hotmail. you'd think any server would want to stop the phishers. they want you to print full headers so they can track it down.but if it doesn’t initiate from their site they just say thanks but it’s not their client so they can’t take action. if i have yahoo & hotmail shows up in the headers how do i contact hotmail.
you’d think any server would want to stop the phishers.

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-124091 Ryan Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:08:34 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-124091 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-124018">Change wrote:</a><blockquote>Thanks for the tips, never knew those options were available. Will certainly use that from now on :)</blockquote></div> No problem! If we only helped a handful of people it would be worth it. Interestingly enough the number of phishing emails I had seen hit my Inbox(es) in Gmail has been drastically reduced since writing this article. 8O Change wrote:
Thanks for the tips, never knew those options were available. Will certainly use that from now on :)

No problem! If we only helped a handful of people it would be worth it. Interestingly enough the number of phishing emails I had seen hit my Inbox(es) in Gmail has been drastically reduced since writing this article. 8O

]]> By: Changehttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-124018 Change Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:30:55 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-124018 Thanks for the tips, never knew those options were available. Will certainly use that from now on :) Thanks for the tips, never knew those options were available. Will certainly use that from now on :)

]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-123790 Ryan Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:32:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/11/24/helpful-tip-how-to-report-a-phishing-email/#comment-123790 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-123687" rel="nofollow">netster007x wrote:</a><blockquote>Today I checked my spam folder and 15 of the 25 messages were false positives. That’s a horrible ratio! All 15 were w/in the last month, and all but one were auto messages (like mail delivery failed and E-buy confirmations — that $0.72 1GB flash drive I’m waiting on).</blockquote></div> Wow, that is pretty terrible. I'm assuming that Yahoo! Mail learns from messages you tell it aren't spam?<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-123693" rel="nofollow">tafkajp wrote:</a><blockquote>I have a question, how do I know the difference between spam and phishing if I never open the email?taf</blockquote></div> You'll have to open the message in order to find out. There isn't really a way around that. netster007x wrote:
Today I checked my spam folder and 15 of the 25 messages were false positives. That’s a horrible ratio! All 15 were w/in the last month, and all but one were auto messages (like mail delivery failed and E-buy confirmations — that $0.72 1GB flash drive I’m waiting on).

Wow, that is pretty terrible. I’m assuming that Yahoo! Mail learns from messages you tell it aren’t spam?

tafkajp wrote:
I have a question, how do I know the difference between spam and phishing if I never open the email?

taf

You’ll have to open the message in order to find out. There isn’t really a way around that.

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