Hi guys,

Something strange happened to me recently and I want to share with you.

I cleared my Google Chrome browser history and due to this, my saved Yahoo mail username and password was required when I wanted to access my email.

After typing my username and password, I was required to prove that I am human (not a robot). I proceeded by selecting the required images. I got notification that a code has been sent to my phone number.

To my surprise, I got a 6-digit code from a suspicious number (07053438586). The number was suspicious because whenever this verification code was sent in the past, it wasn’t send with a regular phone number.

I started the process again by re-launching my browser. When it got to the point for verification code, another suspicious number sent the "verification code" (08152274977).

At this point I became a bit apprehensive. I re-launched my browser.

At the third attempt, I was able to log in to my yahoo mail without being prompted to use verification code.

Out of curiosity, I made some investigation into both phone numbers and I discovered that;

1. Both numbers are being used to send SMS only. Thousands of SMS have been sent from both numbers. No outgoing calls were made in the past 3 months on both lines!!!

2.Both numbers are registered to regular people.

Please I need answers to the questions below..

How is it possible that yahoo mail verification code was sent through regular numbers?

My suspicion is that my yahoo mail account has been hacked.

Please share if you have a similar experience.

cc Lalasticlala kindly move this to the front page. This information may be useful to people.

I can't help you with a proper answer to your question. Still, today it is not hard to get a fake phone number. There are hundreds of companies providing services in this field. If you want to buy a fake phone number, you just have to search for it on Google. Anyway, I suggest you change your email address as soon as possible and the phone number you are using to register yourself. I am not sure if it will help, but it is worth the try.