Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim
On september 29, 2008, the 29th of Ramadan, one of my account was hacked by someone by changing my password. I could not access my email since then. And what happened, the person used my identity to gain his/her personal wealth by asking people in my contact lists to send money through Western Union. He/ she prentented that I was in London had trouble loosing money, etc....etc....
How did I find out that my email was hacked by someone? Sunday morning one of my respected brothers called me asking me "are you okey? I answered yes, alhamdulillah. He asked me again did you send an email regarding asking for help needing some money. I said no...........astagfirullahul aazhiiiim..who did this to me.
To cut the story short, alhamdulillah I was able to get back my email by Allah's help. From yahoo service center asked me to send full header to find the info of the sender. And here is what yahoo instructed me to do advised:
Email headers are used to deliver a message over the Internet and contain a record of the specific route that the message took. Full header information is included in every message that is sent. Depending on the setup of your email account and/or server, however, this header information may not be visible or otherwise available to you. Please consult with your email administrator or email program help information to determine the availability of this full header information.
At this time, I will need you to forward a copy of the message, as opposed to sending it as an attachment, because we are currently unable to accept attachments. Please include the following in your report of email abuse to assist me in a prompt and full evaluation:
1. Original subject line -- Please forward the email with a subject identical to the original subject.
2. Complete headers -- Email programs often display abbreviated headers.
If you are using the all-new Yahoo! Mail, please follow these simple steps to obtain the complete headers:
1. Open the message in question.
2. In the top-right corner of the message, click the link/pull-down
menu "Standard Header."
3. Select "Full Header". A pop-up window will appear with complete
message headers.
4. Copy the contents of that entire screen
5. Click "Forward" on the message in question.
6. Paste the copied full headers into the body of the message above
the actual email message.
If you are using Yahoo! Mail Classic, please follow these simple steps
to obtain the complete headers:
1. Open the message in question.
2. In the bottom-right corner of the message, click the link "Full Headers."
3. The screen will refresh and will display the complete headers above the message itself.
4. Copy the entire Full Header section.
5. Click "Forward".
6. Paste the entire Full Headers into the body of the message above the actual email message.
For non-Yahoo! Mail users, please refer to the URL below for information on how to get the full headers for your particular email client:
http://www.haltabuse.org/help/headers/index.shtml
3. Complete message body -- Please include the complete, unedited content of the email message in question. Please do not change or edit the message in any way.
If reports of email abuse are missing any one of these three items, we may not be able to further investigate such reports. We appreciate your efforts in reporting this abuse to Yahoo!.
Another useful website how to protect you email from being hacked: http://www.ehow.com/how_4445320_protect-email-account.html?ref=fuel&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_campaign=yssp_art.
And here are two more articles in Indonesian languange regarding tips how to protect your email identity, etc: tutorialgratis.wordpress.com
dan http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/
Hopefully this posting to remind us to be careful in sending emails, and receiving them.
Wallahu A'lam
