Spammer Attack On Yahoo Mail

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by 010081, Jul 6, 2008.

  1. #1
    Has anyone suffered spammer attack on yahoo mail today ..

    cause i got around 80,000 mails just in one day in my accounts and my account has been suspended.All the emails are from date Tue, 1/19/2038

    It says as below:
    To protect you, your account has been suspended from sending, saving, and receiving mail for up to 48 hours

    Anyone suffered this today..
     
    010081, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  2. fireservice

    fireservice Well-Known Member

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    #2
    this is really unbelivable 80000 mails in a day.

    oh my god
     
    fireservice, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  3. 010081

    010081 Banned

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    #3
    i also don't have idea ....all are full of sexy girls pic and email title is like: %%%%%%%%%%%
     
    010081, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  4. dglassrooth

    dglassrooth Banned

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    #4
    thats not a big secret if ymail is to easy to accept spam message :)
    i got 150++ spam message everyday in my bulk folder :(
     
    dglassrooth, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  5. lpstong

    lpstong Notable Member

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    Nope. I havent. Maybe you open another spam email which led to this attack.
     
    lpstong, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  6. annie98

    annie98 Peon

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    #6
    Sorry about that i been getting alot of junk mail on my yahoo account also and i never give my email to anyone only my family and friends and i still get spam mail i hope you get your account fixed.
     
    annie98, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  7. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    #7
    Man, that's alot of Spam! Maybe you pissed off someone? Just asking.
     
    scubita, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  8. traitorworld

    traitorworld Banned

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    #8
    80k is just too much!
    You really need to take precautions from now on.
     
    traitorworld, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  9. C.Whyte

    C.Whyte Peon

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    WOW 80,000 spam messages???? Crazy! I get about 20 a day but they all go in my bulk folder. I'm actually pretty impressed lol!
     
    C.Whyte, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  10. Curtis Hunter

    Curtis Hunter Well-Known Member

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    #10
    A few lines of code is all thats needed to send 80,000 emails within the hour to any single targetted email address.

    If I hated you, and knew your email address, I would know exactly how to do this to you.
     
    Curtis Hunter, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  11. my_misyel

    my_misyel Banned

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    That's horrible. How we can prevent this?
     
    my_misyel, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  12. patzer

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    #12
    Didn't happen to me. Weird though. Did you sign up for a mailing list that you shouldn't have? Good luck
    -Patz
     
    patzer, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  13. 010081

    010081 Banned

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    oh i found out, actually i joined 100+ yahoo groups yesterday and i received message from those groups all spams...
     
    010081, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  14. N€0

    N€0 Guest

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    #14
    Thats strange.. so they used to block mails for 48 hours? what about some important mails arriving at that time?
     
    N€0, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  15. Rajaie

    Rajaie Active Member

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    #15
    I hate Yahoo mail, all you get is spam, and lots of it
     
    Rajaie, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  16. Jeffreyw

    Jeffreyw Well-Known Member

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    #16
    Not necessarily spams. Could be discussions between members in those yahoogroups, they're sent as a "newsletter" to all members who opted in receiving emails.

    I myself am a member of about 5 yahoo groups, but preferred just visiting the yahoogroup site instead of receiving emails.
     
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  17. shkad14

    shkad14 Well-Known Member

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    #17
    HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I checked my email account at charles@anonrecovery which is hosted at yaho and there were 5000 undeliverable emails coming back to my accountas if I had sent them. How did they get sent? There is nothing in my outbox.
     
    shkad14, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  18. ViewPublishing

    ViewPublishing Active Member

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    #18
    Someone spoofed your email and sent out a ton of spam emails. It happens from time to time with people at work. Nothing you can really do except set up a rule to delete all of the returned undeliverable mails.
     
    ViewPublishing, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  19. crownrahul

    crownrahul Well-Known Member

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    #19
    hi,
    I got everyday 250-300 spam Viagra, enlargement mails on my yahoo account
    how can block these..
    thanks
     
    crownrahul, Jul 7, 2008 IP
  20. rich_bob

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    #20
    did they went inbox?
     
    rich_bob, Jul 7, 2008 IP