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Anonymous asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo MailAbuse and Spam · 1 decade ago

is yahoo sending emails to verify accounts?

got a email from yahoo..said to reply...to verfy account....is it real

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite 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.

  • 1 decade ago

    No

    Read this

    http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/phishing...

    Yahoo will never ask you for your personal information.

    This is someone trying to access your account. If the other answers say, Yahoo does, they are being fooled, as well.

    No one will every ask you for your password in an email..

    Its always a scam

    If you already answered the email, because of the answers above.

    Go to the top of this page & click where it says

    HI _____

    Then Click Yahoo Acct Info

    Sign in again

    Click change password. Dont delay doing this.

  • 1 decade ago

    Scam!!!! 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 here to report the message to Customer Care: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/ab...

    Choose Password Phishing as the reason for the violation you're reporting on.

    Alternatively, you can also forward it to them-unedited and with full headers-at the following address: phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com

    After that, get it deleted without delay.

  • Lyn G
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    That 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 spam@uce.gov 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.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yahoo does this all the time

  • 1 decade ago

    Yeah they do it all the time. It means someone tried to hack your password.

  • 1 decade ago

    i had one a couple weeks ago

  • 1 decade ago

    ya

  • 1 decade ago

    yup its real. i just did mine today

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