Protection from Phishing

Many people complain that somebody has stolen their Mail ID. It’s one of the worst things to happen to any one. Because the mail contains important personal details and also mail id it is distributed to all. Phishing is nothing but stealing your user name and password by creating fake websites which looks like original sites. Many people loose their mail IDs for such fake websites.

Yahoo! Seal will help you to differentiate between original site and the phishing site by providing system specific identification. So that users can be protected against phishing sites stealing mails.

Creating Yahoo Seal

1. Open Yahoo Mail and look for the “Are you protected?” widget and click on it.
2. Now you will be redirected to Yahoo Seal Creation Page.
3. Here select either a text message or image option.
4. If you select text message you have to type a unique message (21 Characters long).
5. If you select image then upload an image like your photo or logo anything that’s unique.
6. You can also select a color of your choice.
7. Click on preview. Then Click save this.

That’s it. Whenever you open Yahoo Mail Page look for the text message or the image that you uploaded to confirm that you are in original website.

Note:

• Remember to click on logout button before closing the browser.
• Don’t close the browser without logging out completely

For more details about this new feature visit Yahoo Protect page

Link: Protect your Yahoo Mail ID with Seal