How do you report sleazy supposed yahoo groups that keep emailing you?
Posted Sunday, October 17, 2010 by admin
These emails keep coming to my inbox and I never subscribed to them, I want to report them but there doesn’t seem to be a way…at least I don’t know it. Do you?
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8 Comments on "How do you report sleazy supposed yahoo groups that keep emailing you?"
Kung Fu Panda said on Oct 20th, 2010 at 1:58 AM:
all you can do is mark as spam.i have been getting some too for webcams or something and have no idea why.
Special Agent Greaseball said on Oct 23rd, 2010 at 5:59 AM:
Just block & move on with your life.
J5 said on Oct 25th, 2010 at 4:49 PM:
i get them too every time i go to a yahoo euchre room. i just mark them and hit spam. but i don’t think there is anything we can do about it
Kara said on Oct 28th, 2010 at 11:20 PM:
one thing you can do is put a check mark in the box, and push the spam button. this will flag it as spam, and any future emails they send you will go to your spam box so you dont have to see it. also, you can ‘unsubscribe’ to the email if you have the option. but probably not. there is also a ‘Blocked Email Addresses:’ link in your mail settings..located in the upper right hand corner. if you want to get hard core, and prevent that person from sending email PERIOD, report their IP address or domain name.
Lyn G said on Oct 29th, 2010 at 7:36 AM:
Don’t bother, they are all spam, so treat them as such. First, STOP opening them! Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more. You can not completely stop all spam, but you can help to put a big dent in it.
First, try not to open any of them, that only makes them send more and more to you.
Check mark them and click on ‘Spam,’ this should stop those addresses from being delivered to your inbox.
Use your spam guard and block address.
Look for the ‘Options’ link at upper right corner of mail screen and click on it
Options /mail options
Click on ’spam’ in the list on the left.
Make sure spam guard is on, by checking in the little box.
Then in ‘Blocked Email Addresses,’ enter the E-mail address you wish blocked, in the box after ‘Add a blocked address’ and click on the ‘add’ button, then click on save changes at top left of screen.
You will never get mail from that address again.
This should help you to control your spam.
Other tips:
Do not ever open E-mail from people you do not know; and unless you are absolutely sure who it is from then treat them as spam.
Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more of it to you.
Never, ever give out your account information or other personal information to anyone.
If you are on a site and you absolutely have to sign up for something, check the entire page to make sure you uncheck any lines wanting to send you any other info, notices, catalogs, ads, and the like.
Added detail:
Yes, spammers change one item in their addresses a lot, so you might try blocking the entire domain, by putting in
*@ thedomainyouwanttoblock.com
for instance: *@seeyou.com
Or, if they change the domain, instead of the company name you can block the name by putting in*
Hope this helps
lucee said on Oct 29th, 2010 at 9:22 AM:
Well, who would you report them to? They haven’t broken any law, they haven’t really done anything wrong except annoy you and others who don’t make use of the tools Yahoo have given us with free email. THAT’s what your spam and bulk mail folder is for. And you DON’T EVER OPEN THEM!
Opening spam, sends a notification to the spammer that yours is a real, live email address. He collects and sells that information to other spammers. This is called a ‘HOT LIST” because the email addresses are confirmed (by their actual owners!)
thankyoumaskedman said on Nov 1st, 2010 at 6:58 PM:
The abuse address for Yahoo is
You need to include complete headers in your report.
Here is my canned instruction for a full spam workup:
Here are some tools that will help:
Traceroute is available at
ARIN whois on IP numbers is available at
How to use them? Well, at those sites, read any available advice on how to interpret what they mean.
You will need to open the email to show complete headers. Different programs have different ways to select this. Sometimes it is called “View Source”. In Yahoo Classic, you will find a link “Full Headers” to the bottom right of the message. In new Yahoo right click on the subject in the mailbox to bring up choices that include Full Headers. You need these, because spammers can forge addresses, but somewhere in the headers are probably IP (a.k.a. DNS) numbers that will identify their hosting service. They are in four groups of 1-3 digits. There may be more than one. Some may be from the internal network, some will be from the provider used to access the internet, some may be from an addition site (e.g. webmail), some may be forged, and some may or may not be added by your own email service. In general, deeper is usually close to the spammer. If the ones at the top are for your own service provider, look deeper. The headers should have numbers that will enable the host to identify the account that was used.
It’s a good idea to open a text editor like Notepad to keep notes when you are working up a spam.
Look up the IP numbers in the whois of the Regional Internet Registry (RIR). There are five in the world, and the one to use depends on the location of the spammer’s host. I usually start with ARIN.
U.S. and Canada
Asia Pacific
Africa
Latin America
Europe
The spamvertiser is the company for whom the spam was sent. If there is a link in the email, the displayed text may not show it correctly. Right click on the link, and select Copy Shortcut. Paste that into your notes. Find the domain and do traceroute to resolve it to its IP number, which it should do at the top of the traceroute report. Copy that number to your notes. Do ARIN lookup.
It may be safer to skip the above step (unless you are using linux or a Mac). Sometimes the link will trigger downloads of malware if you left click it.
For example, if I do traceroute on yahoo.com, it shows me IP number of 209.191.93.53, which ARIN shows is registered to Yahoo. Get the abuse address for the host of the spamvertiser.
You can now forward the spam, with full headers displayed, to the abuse departments. I like to include a note that says something like:
Spam from [ip number from header] hosted by [registrant of that IP number]
for spamvertiser [link from coped shortcut] at [ip number from traceroute] hosted by [registrant of that IP number]
Some email programs will include the headers when you forward, but Yahoo trims them out. To make this work, with the spammers message open and Full Headers selected, select and copy the headers. Paste into your notes. In your forwarding you can write: “Here are full headers” and copy them from your notes and paste them in above the forwarded body of the spam.
I like to send a Bcc to myself to show that my email, went through, to keep a record of the report, and to see how it is displayed to the recipient.
Source(s):
Marie said on Nov 4th, 2010 at 8:53 AM:
Hey friend = ) go to options, and put the address in to the blocked section and hit save, then at least that address will never get in your email again, but you may have to put many different address in there over time. I just ck it spam and delete it. = ) have a good day off tomorrow, = )
all you can do is mark as spam.i have been getting some too for webcams or something and have no idea why.
Just block & move on with your life.
i get them too every time i go to a yahoo euchre room. i just mark them and hit spam. but i don’t think there is anything we can do about it
one thing you can do is put a check mark in the box, and push the spam button. this will flag it as spam, and any future emails they send you will go to your spam box so you dont have to see it. also, you can ‘unsubscribe’ to the email if you have the option. but probably not. there is also a ‘Blocked Email Addresses:’ link in your mail settings..located in the upper right hand corner. if you want to get hard core, and prevent that person from sending email PERIOD, report their IP address or domain name.
Don’t bother, they are all spam, so treat them as such. First, STOP opening them! Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more. You can not completely stop all spam, but you can help to put a big dent in it.
First, try not to open any of them, that only makes them send more and more to you.
Check mark them and click on ‘Spam,’ this should stop those addresses from being delivered to your inbox.
Use your spam guard and block address.
Look for the ‘Options’ link at upper right corner of mail screen and click on it
Options /mail options
Click on ’spam’ in the list on the left.
Make sure spam guard is on, by checking in the little box.
Then in ‘Blocked Email Addresses,’ enter the E-mail address you wish blocked, in the box after ‘Add a blocked address’ and click on the ‘add’ button, then click on save changes at top left of screen.
You will never get mail from that address again.
This should help you to control your spam.
Other tips:
Do not ever open E-mail from people you do not know; and unless you are absolutely sure who it is from then treat them as spam.
Opening spam alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more of it to you.
Never, ever give out your account information or other personal information to anyone.
If you are on a site and you absolutely have to sign up for something, check the entire page to make sure you uncheck any lines wanting to send you any other info, notices, catalogs, ads, and the like.
Added detail:
Yes, spammers change one item in their addresses a lot, so you might try blocking the entire domain, by putting in
*@ thedomainyouwanttoblock.com
for instance: *@seeyou.com
Or, if they change the domain, instead of the company name you can block the name by putting in*
Hope this helps
Well, who would you report them to? They haven’t broken any law, they haven’t really done anything wrong except annoy you and others who don’t make use of the tools Yahoo have given us with free email. THAT’s what your spam and bulk mail folder is for. And you DON’T EVER OPEN THEM!
Opening spam, sends a notification to the spammer that yours is a real, live email address. He collects and sells that information to other spammers. This is called a ‘HOT LIST” because the email addresses are confirmed (by their actual owners!)
The abuse address for Yahoo is
You need to include complete headers in your report.
Here is my canned instruction for a full spam workup:
Here are some tools that will help:
Traceroute is available at
ARIN whois on IP numbers is available at
How to use them? Well, at those sites, read any available advice on how to interpret what they mean.
You will need to open the email to show complete headers. Different programs have different ways to select this. Sometimes it is called “View Source”. In Yahoo Classic, you will find a link “Full Headers” to the bottom right of the message. In new Yahoo right click on the subject in the mailbox to bring up choices that include Full Headers. You need these, because spammers can forge addresses, but somewhere in the headers are probably IP (a.k.a. DNS) numbers that will identify their hosting service. They are in four groups of 1-3 digits. There may be more than one. Some may be from the internal network, some will be from the provider used to access the internet, some may be from an addition site (e.g. webmail), some may be forged, and some may or may not be added by your own email service. In general, deeper is usually close to the spammer. If the ones at the top are for your own service provider, look deeper. The headers should have numbers that will enable the host to identify the account that was used.
It’s a good idea to open a text editor like Notepad to keep notes when you are working up a spam.
Look up the IP numbers in the whois of the Regional Internet Registry (RIR). There are five in the world, and the one to use depends on the location of the spammer’s host. I usually start with ARIN.
U.S. and Canada
Asia Pacific
Africa
Latin America
Europe
The spamvertiser is the company for whom the spam was sent. If there is a link in the email, the displayed text may not show it correctly. Right click on the link, and select Copy Shortcut. Paste that into your notes. Find the domain and do traceroute to resolve it to its IP number, which it should do at the top of the traceroute report. Copy that number to your notes. Do ARIN lookup.
It may be safer to skip the above step (unless you are using linux or a Mac). Sometimes the link will trigger downloads of malware if you left click it.
For example, if I do traceroute on yahoo.com, it shows me IP number of 209.191.93.53, which ARIN shows is registered to Yahoo. Get the abuse address for the host of the spamvertiser.
You can now forward the spam, with full headers displayed, to the abuse departments. I like to include a note that says something like:
Spam from [ip number from header] hosted by [registrant of that IP number]
for spamvertiser [link from coped shortcut] at [ip number from traceroute] hosted by [registrant of that IP number]
Some email programs will include the headers when you forward, but Yahoo trims them out. To make this work, with the spammers message open and Full Headers selected, select and copy the headers. Paste into your notes. In your forwarding you can write: “Here are full headers” and copy them from your notes and paste them in above the forwarded body of the spam.
I like to send a Bcc to myself to show that my email, went through, to keep a record of the report, and to see how it is displayed to the recipient.
Source(s):
Hey friend = ) go to options, and put the address in to the blocked section and hit save, then at least that address will never get in your email again, but you may have to put many different address in there over time. I just ck it spam and delete it. = ) have a good day off tomorrow, = )