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 Imvalid@somewear.com to All 
 Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo 
 31 Dec 16 16:23:36 
 
From: "James Wilkinson Sword" 
Subject: Re: Lots of phishing emails "from" Yahoo and Hotmail this week.
 
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.
 
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