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Friday, November 6, 2009

How to inform Yahoo of someone misusing their email account?

How can I inform Yahoo that someone is misusing one of their email accounts to scam people on Craigslist? Should I even bother?

How to inform Yahoo of someone misusing their email account?
Call them... during their business hours... 7-5, I believe and they are on Pacific Standard Time. Be prepared with your original, name, e-mail addresses, home address, secret question and more. Good luck!





P.S. Tonight if you can find a way in... QUICKLY CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!!!
Reply:It would be better to report this to Yahoo because this is already an abuse on the part of the owner of the email account. At least you helping somebody that could have been affected by the scam. Also don't forget to report this as well to the administrators of Craiglist. They probably would be able to stop the scam. Details below if you would like to report it to Yahoo as well so they can also do something:





GENERAL ACCOUNT SECURITY ISSUES -


http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/security/i...





SPOOF INFORMATION


If you received an email impersonating Yahoo! and would like to report it please forward the email to mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com. If you have


already been tricked into giving your password, please visit


http://add.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/securi...


and supply as much detail as possible.





For more information visit:


http://security.yahoo.com/password_scams...





Hope this helps.
Reply:It's probably better to notify Craigslist than Yahoo. Craiglist can be on the alert for preventing similar postings, whereas Yahoo can't really control who posts what on Craigslist.


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