বিভিন্ন ধরণের সাইবার অপরাধগুলোর মধ্যে e-mail এর password চুরির ব্যাপারটি ইদানিং খুব জমে উঠেছে। Yahoo, Gmail এবং Hotmail এ কিছু ভুয়া মেইল আসছে যেগুলো নিচের মত:

Yahoo:

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,secret question,secret answer,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 Accounts, Yahoo will 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.


* YOUR NAME:

*USER NAME:

*E-MAIL ID:

*PASSWORD:

*VERIFY PASSWORD:

*SECRET QUESTION:

*SECRET ANSWER:

*ALTERNATE EMAIL ADDRESS:

*DATE OF BIRTH:

*Occupation:

*COUNTRY/TERRITORY:


Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. We apologize.
Yahoo Account Service

Team Admin....


Hotmail:
Dear Account User

CONFIRM YOUR WINDOWS LIVE ACCOUNT SERVICES. VERIFY THAT YOU ARE THE TRUE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT NOW !!!

This Email is from Hotmail Administrator,we have been monitoring this account through our server's log file and have noticed that this account is been accessed from two distinct location simultaneously which is against our policy.
Hotmail will be shutting down this Account,unless you verify this account 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: ............................

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!!! Failure to update this account after two weeks of receiving this warning will be tantamount to losing this account permanently.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team

Hotmail:

Dear Account User

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you 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 Hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, Hotmail 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,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team

সাদাসিধে ভদ্রলোকেরা দেখেই ভয় পেয়ে যাওয়ার কথা এবং সহসাই যাবতীয় তথ্য দিয়ে প্রশান্তি পাওয়ার কথা। উনি হয়তো জনেইনা কি ভয়ংকর অশান্তি অপেক্ষা করছে উনার জন্যে।

ভুক্তভোগী ১ : Click This Link
ভুক্তভোগী ২ : Click This Link
ভুক্তভোগী ৩ : Click This Link

যে এড্রেসগুলোথেকে মেইলগুলো আসে সেগুলো দেখতে প্রায় নিচের মেইল এড্রেসগুলোর মত:

""yahoo account service [email protected]" [email protected]"
""Yahoo Account Service [email protected]" [email protected]"
""Yahoo Account Service [email protected]" [email protected]"

এরকম মেইলগুলোতে কখনো রিপ্লাই দেবেন না। দিলেই পরলেন বিপদে।

কিছু মেইলে আবার URL দেয়া থাকে, যে URL এ ক্লিক করলে আপনাকে হুবহু Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail অথবা Facebook এর Log in page এর মত দেখতে একটা page এ নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়। ঐ page এ Log in করলেই আপনার Username and Password হ্যাকাররা পেয়ে যাবে। সুতরাং Log in করার আগে এড্রেসবারে লিংকটি দেখে নিন।

এই ধরনের সাইবার অপরাধকে Phishing বলে। আরো তথ্য পাবেন:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

মনে রাখবেন মেইলে কখনোই কেউ পাসওয়ার্ড চায় না, চাইলেই ভুয়া।

ভাল থাকবেন।