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I received this e-mail below in detail and would like to verify if this is indeed an e-mail from Yahoo office?

  • Warning!!!Wednesday, March 3, 2010 11:11 PM From: This sender is DomainKeys verified"Yahoo Customer Care" <[email protected]>Add sender to ContactsTo: undisclosed-recipientsDear Valued Member, Yahoo! - Help Account Alert Dear Valued Member, Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts,Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts,You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your login info below after clicking the reply botton or your Account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons. CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY. VERIFY YOUR FREE YAHOO ACCOUNT NOW !!! Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons. * Username: ............................... * Password: ................................ * Date of Birth: ............................ * Occupation:.............................… * Country of Residence:..............................… After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience. Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently. .

  • Answer:

    This is a known 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 at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

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That is a phishing scam, do not answer it! Because if you do, you may end up with a hacked YA account and/or a drained bank account.

echinopsis .

It's a scam mail. Not only does someone get access to your mail, but the Date of Birth and your name is usually enough to get a credit card issued.

Asher S

Definitely not true. Yahoo will not send you an email asking for that information.

Bill M

No. This is a fake. First of all - yahoo (or any email provider) will not ask you your password to be sent by email. Second - it is easy to verify your account to be active: log in and read mail. That`s all. Yes, yahoo deletes unused accounts - but only those who show no activity at all for more than an X period of time (90 days minimum i believe). And only then will they send a mail to that email, and to any alternate addresses they know - ONLY asking you to log in to your account if you wish to keep it. They will not ask password - they already know it (how else would the system know if the password is wrong or right). delete these emails - never respond to them. If you do - your account will be hijacked and abused to send spam from.

U_S_S_Enterprise

It is not a real Yahoo message, Yahoo would not ask you for your personal information in an E-mail like that. It is a scam to get your personal information and/or your money, or both! Do not respond to it. Report it, forward it to the FTC at [email protected] and to the abuse desk of the sender's ISP. For yahoo, report them here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya%E2%80%A6 Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you're reporting on. Also, if the E-mail appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.

Lyn G

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