From: Shadow    
   Subject: Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week.   
       
   On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:23:36 -0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"   
    wrote:   
       
   >On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:50:09 -0000, 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.   
   >>   
   >> No serious company would ever demand you use two factor   
   >> authentication. It's two vulnerabilities to exploit. Just use a STRONG   
   >> password.   
   >   
   >I don't care about anyone stupid enough to fall for those.   
       
           Some of them are almost perfect, from the faked header to the   
   long link with a redirect so far to the right it does not appear on   
   the screen when you hover over it. You only see the "yahoo"or   
   "live.com" followed by the usual (expected) string of datamining.   
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