Yahoo Phishing: These Emails Are Fake | Learn to Protect With Total Security

Yahoo has already been the target of cyberattacks by criminals. Criminals want to steal users' access data for the online service with fake emails in the name of Yahoo. We show which fake emails are currently in circulation. You can use total security as advanced security.

In the past, the online service Yahoo was repeatedly targeted for phishing attacks and cyberattacks. We reported on a data scandal in October 2016. Another data theft at Yahoo was discovered in December 2016. Also, cybercriminals keep trying new phishing attacks.

Phishing attacks are particularly dangerous for users of a Yahoo e-mail address. Because e-mail is the key to numerous online services today. If an attacker has access to the user's e-mails, he can often take over many of the online accounts associated with the e-mail address. Very different topics are used in the fake emails to persuade the victim to click. Often it is about the security of the Yahoo account or that it should be blocked or deleted. And of course, it is supposedly necessary that you react quickly.

Important: The emails listed below were not sent by Yahoo. The company is harmed by the misuse of the name and logo itself.

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This is what the phishing emails look like

At this point, we want to collect the phishing messages sent on behalf of Yahoo. If you receive an e-mail with a different subject, sender, or content, please forward it to us at kontakt@konservation.com  . The following information is known to us so far.

What should you do with this news?

Under no circumstances should you click the links in the e-mails. These will lead you to a fake website. There you should enter your Yahoo login details. If you do that, the data will be sent directly to criminals. The scammers then have full access to your email account.

It is best to delete the message from your e-mail inbox immediately.

If you entered your details on the fake website, you will be partially redirected to the correct Yahoo! As a result, many users do not even notice that the data has been stolen.

How can you protect yourself against phishing attacks?

There are simple basic rules for doing this. Never use links from emails to call up the Yahoo login form or download apps or software. We recommend that you always manually type the Yahoo (yahoo.com) web address into the address bar of your browser. Then follow the login link in the upper right corner of the website. We also recommend that you enable two-step verification for your Yahoo account. This will help you ward off most phishing attacks successfully.

An up-to-date virus scanner for your computer and an antivirus app for your smartphone is always helpful. You should also make sure that the software installed on your device is always up to date. This also applies to the operating system and the browser.

Also, our guide will help you to identify phishing emails yourself. Even fake websites are often apparent to the layman when it knows the corresponding features.

Have you already entered your Yahoo login details?

Then you should definitely react quickly. First of all, you should try to log into your Yahoo account. If this still works, you will have to change the password immediately. Make sure you have a secure password and do not choose the most popular passwords among Germans. You can find out how to change your Yahoo password at Onlinewarnung.de.

We also recommend that you activate the confirmation in two steps. How to make access to your email account more secure.

Read our phishing guide on page 2 to find out what you should do if you have fallen for the email.

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Depending on what data you have deposited with Yahoo, the door and gate are open to hackers. In addition to taking over your Yahoo account, the criminals can use your data to commit other crimes. For example, the crooks could open a fake shop on the Internet with your personal data.

In the worst-case scenario, you will not only have financial damage, but your name will be linked to further criminal offenses.