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Error in Yahoo account email?

• Has anyone else received this email? Is it legit? Dear Yahoo Member, Our system detected an error in your Yahoo! Mail account, We strongly advise you update your account to avoid account Suspension or De-activation. Sign in to resolve the error. Thank you for being a loyal Yahoo! Mail user. We hope you enjoy the newest version of Yahoo! Mail. David McDowell Senior Director, Yahoo! Mail Product Management I checked out the link and it said it was locked? Is it just some phishing account or something?

• Answer:

  That does not sound legit at all. First of all, Yahoo always addresses you by your first and last name - never a generic greeting. Then look in your Inbox - if there is not a purple Y! logo next to the message it's not from Yahoo. And Yahoo will NEVER ask you to click on a link for any reason Here is a list of Yahoo's senior management team - there is no David McDowell listed http://semflicks.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-of-yahoo-management-team.html Yahoo doesn't suspend or deactivate accounts unless there is no activity for at least 6 months. That means you have not logged in, sent or received any emails for more than 6 months. If you are using your account regularly it won't be suspended Delete that message, log out then go to yahoo.com and log in again. If there are no problems logging in then you know that was a phishing scam