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I wasn't sure as where to put this thread but I think this will be fine.


Starting wed night, I tried to log into my yahoo account and it said my password was invalid. I followed the steps that allowed me to get a made up new one and then change it again so I could get into my email. The next day IT HAPPENED AGAIN!!! :evil: "PASSWORD INVALID"

I can keep changing it using all the security information but today I got an email from pay pal stating this.....

[img]http://www.paypal.com/images/pixel.gif[/img] Your PayPal Account May Be a Target for Deceptive Emails

Dear Mitch Frink,

As part of PayPal's proactive efforts to protect our customers, we are notifying you of important information that we received suggesting that your PayPal account may be a target for deceptive emails, otherwise known as "spoofing" or "phishing". These emails are designed to appear as if they were sent from a trusted online company that you have done business with, such as PayPal.

PayPal has learned that third parties may have obtained limited transaction information from the PayPal site about one or more of your online purchases after obtaining passwords of several PayPal merchants. The information includes general transaction information such as your first and last name, mailing address, email address, and transaction details. These parties may seek to use this information to target you with a deceptive email appearing to come from PayPal or online merchants with whom you have done business.

It is important to note that your personal or financial information, including your PayPal password, and Social Security, driver's license, credit card, and bank account numbers are not at risk. In order to protect your account, this information is always hidden and encrypted, and cannot be accessed by any merchant or third party.

Im not sure what to do.

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Thread summary and focused checklist based on the posts by , , and . Repeated “password invalid” messages combined with an unsolicited PayPal-style warning most often means either (a) phishing attempts against the account, (b) account-level takeover (recovery options or forwarding changed), or (c) a compromised device that captured credentials. The short checklist below gives practical, verifiable steps that address those possibilities.

  • Do not click links or reply to the suspicious PayPal message; verify any PayPal notice by signing in directly at the official site and report the email to PayPal’s phishing address. PayPal phishing help.
  • Change the Yahoo account password and update recovery phone/email, then sign out of all sessions and remove unknown app passwords or OAuth grants. Follow Yahoo’s “hacked account” steps and enable two-step verification. Yahoo help: recognize a hacked account.
  • Assume the local device may be compromised: run a full malware scan (use Malwarebytes or similar) and perform an offline/boot-time scan (Microsoft Defender Offline for Windows). If malware is found, clean the device before reusing it. Malwarebytes keylogger guidance · Microsoft Defender Offline.
  • Change important passwords from a known-clean device (email, PayPal, banks); use unique passwords and a password manager. Trusted guidance recommends using an uncompromised device when resetting credentials.
  • Report the phishing attempt to central authorities as well (APWG/FTC recommendations) and monitor financial statements for unusual activity. FTC phishing guidance.

Because tested multiple browsers and still saw problems, account-level checks (filters, forwarding, recovery options) are especially important. If issues persist after cleaning devices and securing recovery info, request account-level support from Yahoo and PayPal and consider a professional malware/forensics check.

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contact Yahoo and paypal

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You know the funny thing is I had the same problems a while back. I was using win2k at the time and I tried it in IE and Firebird and had the same issues. I logged into my yahoo messanger and it worked. I had a friend log into his yahoo mail and had no problems. I still to this day had no idea what was going wrong. I also tried to chamge my password and it still continued to happen. I belive that it has to do with yahoo not so much the OS but I am unceratin because I switched over to linux about 2 months ago and haven't had any problems.

It is strange needless to say!

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you having a great day ,no wonder the post are down around here !:(

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