I got an e-mail from what I thought was Yahoo today asking me to verify my account?

As you know .. The only way your personal details can be changed is if someone else has been in your account , and the only way someone is in your account is if you have not secured your account, or you have signed into a false yahoo login page, even the vigilant can be hacked

YES SOMEBODY CAN STEAL YOUR PASSWORD, AND IT IS VERY EASY TO DO IF YOU HAVE NOT SECURED YOUR ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ARE NET SAVY, AND SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT NO ONE CAN STEAL YOUR PASSWORD, IT IS ALL UP TO YOU.

there are 4 ways to steal a password

1 Phishing - Make a false sign in page and send it to people through messenger. With a little message as if you know the person, then prompting them to SIGN IN and view some pics to remind them. So many people do not realise you do not need to sign into geocities and other sites to view pics..DO NOT SIGN INTO ANY LINK THAT IS SENT TO YOU ON MESSENGER, EVEN IF IT IS A YAHOO SIGN IN PAGE, ALWAYS ENTER YAHOO THROUGH THE YAHOO HOME PAGE. read> http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?aid=2006111...

read> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070710/tc_pcworl...

2. Plant a key logger in a file and send through email or messenger, The person downloads the key logger which copies all script typed and sends it to and email address, or through messenger to the thief. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYFILES FROM ANYONE YOU DO NOT KNOW.

3. Cracking . Programmes made to load thousands of Yahoo IDS, and a list of passwords are run through that list at a very fast speed. Amazing the amount of IDs that have easy passwords and easily cracked. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD PASSWORD SOMETHING WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS IN IT. THE YAHOO GENERATED PASSWORDS ARE THE HARDEST TO CRACK.

4. Social Engineering The thief gets to know the person and encourages them to give their password and all their personal info, the thief uses this info to recover the account. If you have given your info to someone, go to you account and change the ZIP, changing the zip, secures your account like changing you secret ... IMPORTANT> it is this new ZIP yahoo will recognise in recovery not the old one

SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT, BE NET SAVY CLICK THE LINKS BELOW AND READ ON ..

http://www.freecreed.com/userid.html

My guess is that you are the victim of a phishing attack, number 1 in §niff's list. The e-mail you thought was from Yahoo was really from someone trying to gain access to your personal information. I don't know how you responded to that message, but if you clicked on one of the links, it is a good bet that you unknowingly logged onto the phisher's site instead of Yahoo's. When you entered your password, you gave the phisher access to your account.

Log into Yahoo manually, not using any special links, and change your password immediately. Also notify Yahoo what has happened, if you haven't already taken these steps. Also check your computer for keyloggers and other spyware that may have been installed into your computer while you were on the phisher's site.

These days, such intrusions are done to gain money fraudulently or to take over your computer to send out spam. If you have any credit card numbers or unencrypted bank transaction info stored in the e-mails on your Yahoo account or on your computer, check for any fraudulent activity for a while. Also have your computer scanned for viruses and watch for unusual modem activity if your computer is permanently connected to a data line.

that may not something yet a phishing scam geared in direction of getting your individual information - that scam has been around an prolonged time already! do no longer answer, do no longer click any link, purely delete the message, or you will finally end up with a hacked account...:-(