A lot of UD folks have email accounts at Yahoo!, Google, or Hotmail for things like shopping and personal correspondence. So this phish, seen in a Yahoo! email account, could be relevant. Notice how this one contradicts itself–it claims your account has had new anti-virus software applied, but says you need to send in your account info (including your password) to “prevent spread of the virus.”
Remember, no legitimate entity will ever send you a request to reply with your complete account information (password, account, birth date, etc.).
See email like this? Just delete it.
Dear Yahoo!® Mail Subscriber, ===================== Virus Notification A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your yahoo.com folders. Your email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2011 version to prevent damages to our web mail log and to your important files. Click your reply tab, Fill the columns below and send back to us or your email account will be terminated to avoid spread of the virus. Email: User name: Password: Reconfirm Password: Note that your password will be encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys for your password safety. All Yahoo.com User Should Reply Now !!! Failure to do this will immediately render your Web-email address deactivated from our database. Thank you for your co-operation. Warning Code :ID67565434 Yahoo Account Support. Copyright ©2011
