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 UDP New York Branch said they were corrupted by Hackers to compromise party password!! As hackers impersonate Yahoo!!
UDP New York Branch said they were corrupted by Hackers to compromise party password!! As hackers impersonate Yahoo!!

United Democratic Party (UDP)

C/O P. O. Box 500

Bronx, NY 10453

Udp_nyc@yahoo.com 

May 2, 2008  

STATEMENT BY THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UDP) NEW YORK, USA CHAPTER ON THE HACKING / PHISHING OF THE EMAIL ACCOUNT: 

Gambians and friends of the Gambia,

I would first like to clear a misconception that may be present in the minds of many. I am going to explain what happened with our email account according to Yahoo who is the provider of the account.  

According to Yahoo, there is no activity/information linking any Government, Agency or particular group to the Phishing of the (UDP) email account.  

Phishing is use here because that is the term use to describe the latest identity theft scam. These thieves and con men use fake email messages, which look very real sometimes, to con you into giving up sensitive financial, credit cards, and Bank information. Once you give it up they proceed to steal your identity and run up thousands of dollars worth of debt in your name or Company.

Last Wednesday, an email claiming to be from Yahoo was sent to us and looks very official. They impersonated, steal Yahoo’s graphic and logo proceeded to put together many, many emails which look like they actually came from a valid Yahoo source and sent them in random. See the email below:

 

 
"Yahoo! Account Service" <center_data_message193@verizon.net>  Your browser may not support display of this image.Add Mobile Alert  

Subject:

Yahoo!!!Unused Account Removal Confirm Your Account!!! 

To: 
 

Dear Account User,

This Email is from Yahoo Customer Care and we are sending it to every

Yahoo Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions

due to the anonymous registration of Yahoo accounts so we are shutting

down some Yahoo accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. 

We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know

if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested

please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User

name,password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account. 

Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused

Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You

will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information

below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended

within 24 hours for security reasons. 

* Username: ..............................

* Password: ................................

* Date of Birth: ............................

* Country Or Territory: ................ 

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be

interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to

this request. We apologize for any inconveniences. 

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after

two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account

permanently. 

Sincerely,

Yahoo! Team


Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 (Archive on Saturday, May 31, 2008)
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