Question posted by awoasante on July 30th, 2015

Hacking Of Account

hackers and blacmailers have been trying to steal my identity and extort money from me, using all kinds of emails purporting to have been sent by a YAHOO TEAM OR YAHOO CUSTOMER SERVICE. I've blocked a lot of such addresses.I've changed my password over and over again. I received a message from YAHOO CUSTOMER SERVICE yesterday informing me that my storage limit was at 99.9% and that my account will be closed. That I won't be able to send and receive emailsIs YAHOO CUSTOMER SERVICE notifying customers about their storage limit? If yes what do I do?If no, how do I stop such fruadulent email from my account? How do I protect my account details, storage and other personal informationkind regards

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on July 30th, 2015 9:13 AM
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