Yahoo Search Marketing SMS eMail Scam

SecurePCNews.com first alerted you to a new type of email scam back on December 17, 2007.

We've now come across our first copy of the new scam 'in the wild.' This is a new take on Phishing that attempts to steal your Yahoo! credentials. If you responded to the email, presumably the hacker could steal your credentials and then run Pay Per Click ads for his/her links at your expense.

We'd advise you to be on the look out for similar spoofs of Google AdWords and MSN AdCenter.

Here is the text of the original message. The link (excluded here) takes you to a 'spoofed' or fake Yahoo! Search Marketing webpage.

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From: Yahoo! Search Marketing [mailto:customersolutions@yahoo-inc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:51 AM
Subject: Urgent Notice - Activate your new service now

Renew Your Account Now !
Dear Member,

This is your official notification from Yahoo Sponsored Search Yahoo! Inc. We recently added a new security option named "INSTANT SMS ALERT" .
Question : What does "INSTANT SMS ALERT" ?

Reply : "INSTANT SMS ALERT" is a new option that alert a yahoo marketing customer when the daily traffic is not normal (this is happened normally when your marketing link is attacked by a third-party) , in that moment your campaign is stopped and the sms is sent to your cell phone

As the Primary Contact, you must immediately activate this option.

Click here to activate "instant sms alert". [LINK OMITTED]

Thank you for using Yahoo Inc service.
We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you.

Yahoo Inc. Sponsored Search Service
Copyright ©2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
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For more information about Yahoo!'s security practices and to report emails like this visit http://security.yahoo.com/

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