Friday, October 05, 2007

Yahoo!, eBay and PayPal Join Forces to Fight E-mail Fraud and Phishing Scams

SAN JOSE and SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct. 4 /CNW/ - Yahoo!, eBay and PayPal today announced a collaborative effort to better protect consumers against fraudulent e-mails and the dangerous scams known as phishing attacks. Starting today, eBay and PayPal customers worldwide using Yahoo! Mail will have a safer e-mail experience - they will begin receiving fewer fake e-mails claiming to be sent by eBay and PayPal. Yahoo! Mail is the first Web mail service to block these types of malicious messages for eBay and PayPal through the use of DomainKeys e-mail authentication technology.


The technology upgrade will be rolled out globally over the next several weeks to all users of Yahoo! Mail.

complete press release

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