Urgent Possible Hacking !

I have been contacted this afternoon from an Indian sounding lady informing me that my email address is being used by Nigerians to try to obtain money from other people. She called me on my home land line which is still the same despite moving to a different address almost 7 tears ago. When I asked her to quote my present address, she quoted my previous address, so I am very suspicious !! She said that she needed my urgent help to get into my yahoo account so that we could work together and stop the hackers. I did not believe that she was genuine and refused to do anything straight away, but she intends tom call me back at 6pm this evening to try to get me to do what she asks. I have checked my computer for any irregularities and have found nothing ! Is this standard practice from a Yahoo representative ? How should I respond when she calls in order to prtect myself ? Please help as soon as possible Yours Sincerely Ray Brown

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on November 25th, 2013 9:33 AM

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This is a scam. Ignore it.

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Answer #2: Posted by Gugurekas on November 25th, 2013 8:37 AM

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If the person on the phone asked for your password and things like that, it is certainly the caller who is up to no good. Regardless, I doubt that yahoo would call individual users about things like this. You may want to look up the number as well.

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