How can I send faxes from the internet using my fax number?

How can someone be using my internet fax number to send faxes in my name and what can I do?

• I recently had this problem and contacted customer support for my online fax service. He said my yahoo email could have been hacked. I changed all my passwords for email and fax ...show more

• Answer:

  Apparently, your Yahoo Mail was compromised by the Heartbleed virus (?) that hacked into a huge amount of websites. I just read the article on Breaking News, so you can look it up and read it yourself. It tells you exactly what sites were affected and which ones were OK. I, too, have been compromised by Yahoo Mail and if THEY don't fix their site, it won't help US to change our password because the hackers just get the new one. This is a nightmare for me because I'm computer illiterate & have no idea how to go about safeguarding my information.