SAN ANTONIO -- It's a new twist on an old scam, and it could be sitting in your email inbox right now.
We have all gotten those emails from a Nigeria government official claiming you have a large sum of money coming to you, and we all know those are a scam emails.
But now internet thieves are asking your friends for money.
The email Catherine Ciarrocchi received looked like it came from Yahoo. So, last week Catherine responded.
"Ya know my gut instinct was not to respond to it, and I usually don't," said Catherine. "But it looked like it was legitimate, and so I just did. Which was a big mistake. I gave out my user name and password."
But the email was not from Yahoo. It was from an internet con artist overseas. The next thing Catherine knew, every one of her friends in her contact list had gotten an email that appeared to be from her asking them to send her money through Western Union to an overseas address.
This email scam is going around, and Catherine wants to make sure others don't fall victim this holiday season. She told News 4 WOAI none of her friends sent the money. But just to be safe, Catherine is changing her bank account, so the scammers don't pick her pocket.
"They're in my personal yahoo emails, including, they had access to ones that I sent out," added Catherine. "They could really get a hold of all kinds of private information."
Yahoo says it will never ask for your user name and password. So, if you get the email message Catherine did, or any others like it, just hit 'delete.'
