Clinesmith Email Hacked?

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Mitch Druckman
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Clinesmith Email Hacked?

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I received an email from ToddClinesmith@yahoo.com today that was a spam ad for weight loss products. Anybody else?
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Steve Ahola
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Yahoo.com accounts have been getting hacked for many years now. The owner of the account needs to log on and change their password. Perhaps someone can pass the word on to Todd that his account has been hacked.

Steve Ahola

P.S. A lot of the hacked Yahoo.com emails were allegedly from a friend who is overseas and lost his wallet so he needs you to send him ~$1500 to settle his hotel bill. I hadn't heard of using the hacked accounts for spam...
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Moved to Computers from Steel Without Pedals. Todd has been notified of the compromised email account. He should change his password.
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Millions of Yahoo email accounts have had their passwords guessed, or stolen and are being used to send pharmaceutical and work at home scams. Additionally, many of the work at home scams pages also include a hidden iframe that contains an exploit attack kit.
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