Reply #10: actually... mine was hijacked... [View All]

[nebenaube]

I can't find a way to tell yahoo either. Here's the story... a few days ago yahoo messenger pops up a window for a "security update". And the rest is history... I can't log in and it appears I've lost the account. then I get this wonderful email from yahoo via aol(btw, I thought the USA is Oceania ):

> You won £800.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
> Messenger
>
>YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY
>
>CONGRATULATIONS!
>
>YOU WON £800.000!
>
>
>Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the >one of 5 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that >you have won a prize money of (Eight Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (£800,000) for the >month of May, 2007. Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger .com every >month.
>
>YAHOO, collects all the mail ID of the people that are online on yahoo messenger, among the >millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger we only select five people every month as our >winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating >you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer >balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, >United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international >promotions program which is conducted annually.
>
>This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
>multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
>citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
>Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in >United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £800,000 will be released >to you from this regional branch office in UK.
>
>We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
>high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
>HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
>
>These are your identification numbers..........
>
> Batch number.......................Lwh 09445
> Lotto number........................Lwh09446
> Winning number...................Lwh09447
>
>To claim your winnings, contact the claims agent with the information below;
>
>Claims Agent;
>Mr. Mr. Simon White
>Email; [e-mail]
>Phone; [phone]
> [phone]
> [phone]
>
>
>You are required to forward him with the following details:
>
>1.FULL NAME
>2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
>3.PRESENT ADDRESS
>4.SEX
>5.DATE OF BIRTH
>6.AGE
>7.OCCUPATION
>8.TELEPHONE NUMBER
>9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)
>10.MARITAL STATUS
>11.WINNING NUMBER,BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
>12 THE MONTH YOU WON........................................................
>
>As soon as you contact the Claims Agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your >prize money.Congratulations once more!!
>
>For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
>confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
>prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
>double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or >unofficial personnel.
>
>Yours Sincerely,
>
>
>
>Dr WILLIAM GERRI
>LOTTO CO-COORDINATOR.
>The Yahoo.com staff
>Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com
>
>
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Anyway, I figured that the "security update" left my system compromised so I reinstalled YIM from the original binary and ran the usual scans...