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Do we really need to confirm our yahoo account??

  • I received this email which appears to be from yahoo email center, but the "to" address for any responses is a [email protected]. I want to know if this is for real. I attached the full email below which states failure to respond will result in the account being deleted. "--- On Sat, 12/13/08, YAHOO WEBMAIL UPGRADE <[email protected]> wrote: > From: YAHOO WEBMAIL UPGRADE <[email protected]> > Subject: CONFIRM YOUR YAHOO ACCOUNT > To: > Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 11:32 PM > Dear Yahoo email Owner, > > This message is from Account Webmaster messaging center to > all Yahoo > account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base > and e-mail > account > center. We are deleting all unused email account to create > more space for > new accounts. > To prevent your account from closing you will have to > update it below so > that we will know that it's a present used account. > To complete your Email account, you must reply to this > email immediately > and enter your > > EMAIL LOGIN INFORMATION > Email address:(...................) > password (............) > Contact address: (.............) > Alternative email: (............) > > NOTE : Failure to do this will immediately render your > email address > deactivated from our database. > Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her > account within > Seven > days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account > permanently. > > Thank you for using Webmail Gateway. > Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ > > Thanks, > Yahoo Email Center" I did not think that I would be asked for my password and contact address and am hoping someone can help me verify if this is true. If true, then we should all have received this right? Thanks, Mike

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    Scam. Yahoo! would never request personal 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 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].

Michael D at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

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No. That's a phishing email. Don't reply to the message and give out your personal information to total strangers or you'll risk losing your account to them. Remember that Y! doesn't send unsolicited emails to all its users, as the company already has that stored in its well-secured servers. Go report the message here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/abuse.html Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you're reporting on. After that, spam it straight into oblivion without delay.

brian 2010

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