[aklug] Re: high-jacked email accounts

Do a whois on the domain and look for the tech contact.

Registrant:
         Domain Administrator
         Yahoo! Inc.
         701 First Avenue
          Sunnyvale CA 94089
         US
         domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax: +1.4083493301

     Domain Name: yahoo.com

         Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
         Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
         Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com

     Administrative Contact:
         Domain Administrator
         Yahoo! Inc.
         701 First Avenue
          Sunnyvale CA 94089
         US
         domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax: +1.4083493301
     Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
         Domain Administrator
         Yahoo! Inc.
         701 First Avenue
          Sunnyvale CA 94089
         US
         domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax: +1.4083493301

Quoting Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>:

> Anybody have any experience as to who and how to get a hold of someone @
> yahoo concerning a high-jacked email account.
>
> A friend of mine just had it happen. Someone seems to have gained
> control of her yahoo account and is using it to send out emails telling
> everyone in her address book that she is stranded in Brighton England
> due to a mugging and needs $2000 desperately to settle her hotel bill
> and get to the airport.
>
> She now can't get into her account. Hopefully it's because yahoo got
> wind of it and locked it. I think it's more likely the thieves just
> changed the access.
>
> Jim G
>
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Received on Fri Jul 2 13:42:10 2010