United Democratic Party (UDP)
C/O P. O. Box 500
Bronx, NY 10453
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May 2, 2008
STATEMENT BY THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UDP) NEW YORK, USA CHAPTER ON THE HACKING / PHISHING OF THE EMAIL ACCOUNT:
Gambians and friends of the Gambia,
I would first like to clear a misconception that may be present in the minds of many. I am going to explain what happened with our email account according to Yahoo who is the provider of the account.
According to Yahoo, there is no activity/information linking any Government, Agency or particular group to the Phishing of the (UDP) email account.
Phishing is use here because that is the term use to describe the latest identity theft scam. These thieves and con men use fake email messages, which look very real sometimes, to con you into giving up sensitive financial, credit cards, and Bank information. Once you give it up they proceed to steal your identity and run up thousands of dollars worth of debt in your name or Company.
Last Wednesday, an email claiming to be from Yahoo was sent to us and looks very official. They impersonated, steal Yahoo’s graphic and logo proceeded to put together many, many emails which look like they actually came from a valid Yahoo source and sent them in random. See the email below:
"Yahoo! Account Service" <[log in to unmask]> Add Mobile Alert
Subject:
Yahoo!!!Unused Account Removal Confirm Your Account!!!
To:
[input] [input] [input] [input]
Dear Account User,
This Email is from Yahoo Customer Care and we are sending it to every
Yahoo Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions
due to the anonymous registration of Yahoo accounts so we are shutting
down some Yahoo accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.
We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know
if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested
please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User
name,password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.
Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused
Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You
will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information
below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended
within 24 hours for security reasons.
* Username: ..............................
* Password: ................................
* Date of Birth: ............................
* Country Or Territory: ................
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to
this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after
two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account
permanently.
Sincerely,
Yahoo! Team
Today i understand Hacking and Phishing is a world problem therefore, all of us should take seriously, join hands and fight it by all means.
Finally, I would like to thank all of you for your concerns, patience and support during the 24 hrs security breach and investigation. Now everything is OK and there were no file or files stored in this email account. There was no information what so ever in this account to warrant anyone to panic. This email account is only use for receiving and sending statements to and from the branch
Thank you all.
Sincerely,
Saihou Mballow.
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