Emails aren't Sent to Dead People (Phishing Scam)

Stop! Nobody Sends Email to Dead People!
One type of Phishing (fake emails to trick you into sharing your private financial details) is to send a note claiming to want to send you a sum of money but not being able to because they have been told you are deceased. The idea is for you to prove you are not dead by giving up your financial information. As always, if it sounds too good to be true, it is probably not true. If someone wants to contact you in order to give you a large sum of money, they will almost certainly do it by certified mail, not by email.

Even when you aren't dead they can still send messages

Here is a classic example

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NOTE: Never reply such emails, it deosn't even look authentic, if it has any download links donot click it at all.

WHAT TO DO! Delete such mails, you can also filter them to go to spam, visit this link to see how to filter for gmail and

For yahoo Just follow these steps Once you've accessed your Filters settings:

1.     Click Add.
2.     Enter a Filter Name.
3.     Enter the filter criteria: Sender - The person who sent the email. ...
4.     Select a folder to deliver the affected emails in. - You can also select New Folder to create a new one.
5.     Click Save.
6.     Click Save again to return to your emails.