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How to confirm Yahoo mail?

I received an e-mail from "yahoo" asking me to confirm 1-year-old account. Could it be legit or a scam? ?

  • I received an e-mail supposedly from yahoo saying that they need me to confirm my account (which has been open and used for over a year now) by sending them my username and password within seven days time or they will close my account forever. This seems fishy to me and would like everyone's input on whether I should respond (I'd prefer not to) or to just ignore it and potentially lose my account if it is a legit yahoo contact. Has anyone else received an e-mail like it? It is coming from e-mail address: [email protected] and it wanting me to reply back to: [email protected]

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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, charge your credit card,and lock you out of your online 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 abuse form below. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/forms/phishing.html You can forward the email to. [email protected].

madcat12... at Yahoo! Answers Visit the source

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Its a spam,,, just open that mail and then click the spam button....

Confucius

It is spam and they are phishing for your secret information. Delete it and do not respond. Here is the Yahoo link regarding this. http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/phishing/phishing-110142.html

cpnpicard1

SCAM I have had several yahoo e-mail accounts that I no longer use. After 6 months of inactivity they are no longer good. I have never received an e-mail from them to confirm the inactivity.

drbarnum

Scam! That's a phishing email. Don't reply to the message and give out your personal information to total strangers. 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, turn around and get the message spammed straight into oblivion-without delay.

brian 2010

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