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How do I update my information on my email account?

I received a Yahoo! email asking for my account password and info. IS IT REAL?

  • I received an email asking for my password and account information to verify my account and prevent it from being deleted. I have received these emails before, but those were obviously scams as the sender's email addresses seemed phony and unnofficial yahoo emails (e.g. [email protected]) However, this time the email i received seemed quite legitimate so i wanted to confirm that there really was an email sent out before i gave away all my account information. this is the content of the email i received: Yahoo! Alert: Important Information Regarding Your Yahoo! Account!!! Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10:06 AM From:"Yahoo! Inc©" To:undisclosed-recipients Dear User, We are sorry to inform you that we are currently working on securing our server, during this process account which is not manually verified by us will be deleted, Please confirm and submit your information for manual verification by one of our customer care. Information which is to be provided is below: User Name: User Id: Password: Date Of Birth: Country (At Sign up): Upon confirmation of information from you, we will manually verify your Yahoo! Account and reserve it not to be deleted, We are sorry for any inconveniences this might have cause providing your information over the email. Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. ______________________________________… Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright/IP Policy | Terms of Service | Guide to Online Security NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. "Yahoo! Inc©" Also, is there anyway i can quickly verify the authenticity of emails claiming to be from Yahoo! the next time i receive such emails?

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    If the email is asking for your password It's a scam. Yahoo! would never request your password and information in an unsolicited email. "Phishing" for your private information These deceptive emails are used to commit identity theft, and lock you out of your yahoo account by changing your password DO NOT respond. See what yahoo say about this with link below. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/account_security/security-01.html You can report this with the phishing form below. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/forms/phishing.html You can forward the email to. [email protected].

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did you request any thing if not don't put it in and usually if you requested a new password or what ever they won't ask you to email it just don't do anything it is a spam to take your password

riyadh

Never give your Id or password away in an e-mail. Yahoo will never request that via e-mail. Mark all messages claiming otherwise as spam.

Trent

No. No reputable online service will ask for password - either you are talking to someone who has the power to give you a new password and tell you what it is or they will e-mail it to you. Trash this pfishing spam. And don't click on a link in such mail - use you usual methods of getting on the real site.

Mike1942f

FAKE any e-mail that stars with Dear USER is a FAKE! And also, any large website like yahoo or youtube or whatever will NEVER ask you for your password. Real email start with Dear (your name or username) and don't ask for anything... they just usually tell you something like "add up to 5GB of space with yahoo plus!" or some poop...

Kevin & Krystal

DO NOT reply. This is a phishing scam attempting to get you to give them all your personal info. It's not from Yahoo, just delete it and ignore it. Good luck and be careful.

smeagin

I have not heard of anyone else ever receiving such a thing.

flischer

are you serious? wow you must be smart

Heather E

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