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   Davidb@nomail.afraid.invalid to All   
   Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo   
   31 Dec 16 16:06:02   
   
   Subject: Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week.   
   From: "David B."    
       
   On 30/12/2016 20:50, Shadow wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > Telling me to change my password, and use two factor security, "for my   
   > safety". Apparently I can send a hash of my fingerprints, my cell   
   > phone number or my social security details.   
   >   
   > The headers appear to be authentic, but the Yahoo emails redirect to a   
   > site in Bosnia, and the Microsoft emails to a rent-an-IP company in   
   > Brazil.   
       
   Sadly, it appears that your computer has been compromised. Sorry about    
   that. :-(   
       
   > No serious company would ever demand you use two factor   
   > authentication. It's two vulnerabilities to exploit. Just use a STRONG   
   > password.   
   >       HTH   
   >       []'s   
       
   You are giving incorrect information.   
       
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication   
       
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