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Is anyone else getting lots of..........?

......requests to become a Yahoo Answers "contact" w/ no profile name in their e-mails? I got like 15 yesterday, and all there was is what I'm guessing was an IP address. I figured they were spam or something and deleted them w/o opening them.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I had over 50 this morning. I was told by those in the know that all these are malware and connected to a viral attack against Yahoo and to delete them without opening them.

  • 1 decade ago

    I received 25 "requests" this morning.

    They are spam profiles not legitimate people requesting to add you as a contact to Yahoo Answers.

    I wish there was a way to block this kind of spam.

  • 1 decade ago

    Spam.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I spammed them. They are not real hot guys who want to know you. Careful.

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  • 1 decade ago

    good, you did the right thing, Reef warned me yesterday that there are emails like that going out to sabotage Y/A users and its possibly a virus.

  • MSU69
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Noticed few in past few days. Try to stick with guys I know.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dave you should see the stuff our Yahooers send me in the mail and most of it is in a stage of undress.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes many people have asked this question today. Mine are all women. Faceless women. That sucks.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not so far, Dave. If it should happen to me, I'll contact you at once.

    Auntie Koo

  • Hildo
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    29 this afternoon, most with BS names like "Jinine Djones".

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