show full e-mail address in app
Show full e-mail address in app inbox to reduce phishing.
I have had a couple of e-mails through from what look like reputable sources. On the yahoo mail app, you can only see the name that the sender wishes you to see. Could you please make it easier to be able to see the full e-mail address to help identify when the e-mail is actually fake / phishing?
For example, I was contacted by what looked like UK TV Licensing. The e-mail looked normal - it said I needed to pay for the licence. But it turned out to be from an e-mail address ending .jp - so clearly not from the real UK TV Licensing. But I couldn't tell this until I had already opened a link within the e-mail.
Alexander Walford
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Scott Ferrell
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I agree... Yahoo needs to stop hiding the 'actual' email address on it's Yahoo Mail app.
When I receive an email in the Yahoo Mail app on my Android phone all that I see is an icon and the display name (which the sender can pretend to be 'anything' e.g. PayPal even if it is not affiliated with PayPal). Most people are not aware that if you select the icon then it will show the sender's 'actual' email address. Without being able to see the 'actual' email address, a lot of people are going to think that the sender is who they're pretending to be and fall for Phishing scams.
Please start listing the 'actual' email address of the sender in the Yahoo Mail app. -
Anonymous
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I highly suggest you go back to using a PC to open your mail. There are a few reasons and here are 2: 1) Verizon is charging your data every time you access thru 3rd party servers on your cell phone even though it's not directly shown. Trust me, one of their reps showed me that years ago. It's called vampire data usage. 2) This is the Main reason to use a desktop PC: It give All phishing mails access to your phone; remember you gave Yahoo open access to your email contacts, phone numbers and allowed cookies to be installed; which INCLUDES all of your financial transactions. There is NO cellphone app that will protect as well as MalwarebytesPRO on your desktop. Opening email headers on you're phone consumes a lot of data. To open up what you're looking for, you need to click on MORE then select VIEW RAW MESSAGE. That will show all IP's that the message was routed thru from the Originating IP to your IP. Imagine trying to read The Bill of Rights on a little cellphone screen, same thing. MalwarebytesPRO is the best mobile protection but since cellphone apps Require you to allow access to all your info to activate them, it really slows down the performance. I DO NOT WORK FOR MALWAREBYTES or YAHOO. I learned by trial and error years ago. ALL financial transaction should be done on a secured hardwired PC to mitigate 90% of these issues. Use your phone AT YOUR OWN RISK for anything other than texting or phone calls.