Yahoo recovers from scam, hack

It used to be that America Online (AOL) had the market cornered on scam artists invading its system. But with the advent of free Web-based email, rip-off artists are finding new venues.

Today Yahoo officials are picking up the pieces of a scam that took place this week on the search directory's free email service.

Some time within the last two weeks, someone sent out email to users over the Net. He didn't send it from Yahoo and he didn't even target Yahoo email users specifically. He identified himself falsely as a Yahoo employee and informed each recipient that he or she had won a US Robotics 56-kbps modem from Yahoo.

The very official-sounding letter then proceeded to tell recipients that to receive the modem, they would have to supply their names, addresses, and telephone numbers as well as a credit card number to pay for shipping.

About 100 people responded to the address that the scam artist had used: [e-mail], said Katie Burke, a Yahoo spokeswoman.

Burke would not supply exact numbers, but she said some of those who responded sent in credit card numbers and personal information. Others just asked more questions, she said.

Yahoo found out about the email yesterday, the day after Yahoo had received a flood of publicity from a hack into its system.

Today, she said, Yahoo is sending out email to all those who responded to the scam, telling them that the contest was a fraud and suggesting that anyone who supplied credit card information contact the companies immediately.

The email being sent out also recommends that users "remain cautious in sharing information with anyone who solicits you via e-mail" and lists several warning signs for scam artists, such as receiving a letter from someone claming to be a company representative and asking for information.

When Yahoo started its free email service earlier this month, company executives realized that a Yahoo.com email address had the potential to be abused, Burke said. But ultimately, the company decided that the advantages of having Yahoo.com email outweighed the risks.

Companies are increasingly offering free Web-based email as a way to extend their brand names over the Net and also as a way to lure Netizens to their sites more often.

While Internet scams are as old as the Net itself, companies attracting an increasingly mainstream, nontechnical crowd are finding themselves having to fend off would-be scam artists who prey on sometimes naive users.

AOL, which targets mainstream consumers, is constantly putting out warnings to users alerting them of possible problems and reminding them that they will never be asked by AOL representatives to reveal their passwords. But despite the constant warnings to never give out credit card numbers or accept file attachments in email from strangers, members still do it.

People who send out junk email also have said they specifically target AOL because members tend to be more naive and more accepting of spam.

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Here is a Hack you can use with the actual address to yahoo's server. [e-mail] the address you use for any yahoo credit card hack.

Follow the steps below:

Send an Email to mailto: [e-mail]

With the subject: accntopp-cc-E52488 (To confuse the server )


In the email body, write: boundary="0- 86226711-106343" (This is line 1)


Content-Type: text/plain; (This is line 3)


charset=us-ascii (This is line 4, to make the return email readable)


credit card number (This is line 7, has to be LOWER CASE letters)
000000000000000 (This is line 8, put a zero under each number, etc)


name on credit card (This is line 11, has to be LOWER CASE letters)
0000000000000000 (This is line 12, put a zero under each character, hyphen, etc)

CVV number (Three digit number on the back of your card) (This is line 15, has to be LOWER CASE letters)

000 (This is line 16, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)


address,city (This is line 19, has to be LOWER CASE letters)

0000000000 (This is line 20, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)


state,country,p.o. box (This is line 23, has to be LOWER CASE letters)
00000000000000000 (This is line 24, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)


phone number ( put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)


type of card (This is line 27, has to be LOWER CASE letters)

000000000 ( This is line 28, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)


expiration date (This is line 31, has to be LOWER CASE letters)

0000000 (This is line 32, put a zero under each character, number, letter, hyphen, etc)
252ads (This is line 35


Return-Path: (This is line 36, type in your email between )


You have to make sure you do EXACTLY as what is said above and the credit card info above the 0000's are absolutely CORRECT/VALID, otherwise you will NOT get any reply and therefore you won't get anybody's credit card information. Here's a sample email .


Here is an EXACT email which you have to send to server.

(CAUTION ) ! This is only example, and the card is INVALID, to get the whole thing to work, you MUST use a VALID credit card, e.g. YOUR OWN VALID CC)

Send to: [e-mail]


Subject: accntopp-cc-E52488


Email body:
boundary="0-86226711-106343" Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=us-ascii


4013993145565451
0000000000000000


jesse d banks
00000000000


523
000


2537 stillwell rd.,des moines
00000000000000000000000


la,usa,50567
0000000000


645-867-9950
00000000000


visa
0000


03/2006
0000000

your email address
000000000000000000


252ads8> Return-Path:

This may take a few minutes but it REALLY WORKS!!! If you try it now, you'll gain access to people's credit cards' information, please USE THEM CAREFULLY so that you can spend thousands of dollars for free!! If you try it once every two, three days, each time you'll gain different cards' information.

I've received about 27 credit card numbers so far. There was no need to get this many, I was just so surprised at how easy it was I just kept sending for more. I've only used 5 numbers so far, on ebay. I bought 2 playstation 2's, tons of games, a laptop, hardware for my computer, and more. This is too easy. I would be selling this, but whats the point. All the money I want is in the Credit Cards. Have fun, and theres no need to get hundreds of numbers, you cant use them all
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Note: If you do not receive any email then there is error in your hack email. i.e. The CC information you provided to server is invalid. You should use valid credit card informtion.