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Received spam from a Yahoo Mail account

When one of your contact's Yahoo Mail accounts is sending spam it's very possible your contact is being spoofed.

Your contact would experience "email spoofing" if someone has sent an email posing as them, but from an account other than theirs. This doesn't mean their account or your account has been hacked.

We recommend to get in touch with your contact and share the following Yahoo Help articles and resources with them: