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Is this real or a scam from Yahoo?
Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 1:35 AM on 09.02.09 |
->> is this a scam?
From: "Yahoo! Alerts" Add sender to Contacts
To: undisclosed-recipients
Dear User,
We are sorry to inform you that we are currently working on securing our
server, during this process account which is not manually verified by us will
be deleted, Please confirm and submit your information for manual verification
by one of our customer care.
Information which is to be provided is below:
User Name:
User Id:
Password:
Date Of Birth:
Country (At Sign up):
Upon confirmation of information from you, we will manually verify your Yahoo!
Account and reserve it not to be deleted, We are sorry for any inconveniences
this might have cause providing your information over the email.
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two
weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
______________________________________________________________________________
Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright/IP Policy | Terms
of Service | Guide to Online Security
NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site.
To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. |
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Max Lashin, Photographer, Assistant
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Fort Lauderdale | FL | United States | Posted: 1:39 AM on 09.02.09 |
->> Check the sender's email address.
many times these scammers with recreate the emails with addresses like yahoo.net or yah0o.com etc. If it is official it will be from @yahoo.com and nothing else |
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Max Lashin, Photographer, Assistant
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Fort Lauderdale | FL | United States | Posted: 1:41 AM on 09.02.09 |
->> also..
the email does seem very suspicious.. like i mentioned check the email address sender and if anything actually sign into your yahoo account from yahoo.com, not the email link and see if that mentions anything like the email |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 1:41 AM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> Scam |
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Debra L Rothenberg, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 1:45 AM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> thanks Max and Clark..just wanted to make sure |
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Phil Hawkins, Photographer
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Fresno | ca | usa | Posted: 1:57 AM on 09.02.09 |
->> The fastest way to detect these is to notice the English is not quite right. "...by one of our customer care." ??? or "...during this process account which is not manually verified by us..." ??? "Information which is to be provided is below:" ??? It is? Then why are you asking for it?
And then of course, check the email link; NOT what it says, but what is your browser telling you the link is?
I can hear the Nigerian accent already.
And since when does Yahoo ask people for their PW and UN in any kind of blind email like this? Like, nevvvvver!
Scam city.
Sad thing is enough people will think it's real and they will harvest enough information to hijack email accounts to spam the world for months and months, possibly disseminating viruses everywhere. |
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Sam Morris, Photographer
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Henderson (Las Vegas) | NV | USA | Posted: 2:44 AM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> If you gotta ask... |
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Brad Moore, Photographer, Assistant
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Weston | MA | USA | Posted: 5:45 AM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> IT departments never ask for personal information via email, it's one of those unwritten rules (and often a written rule in many businesses). |
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Steven Ickes, Photographer
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Mechanicsburg | PA | USA | Posted: 10:21 AM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> Scam. Reputable companies NEVER ask you to email this type of personal information. Surest sign of a scam is when they ask you for user id and password. |
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Curtis Clegg, Photographer
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Sycamore | IL | USA | Posted: 11:10 AM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> Also, mail from the domain yahoo-inc.com is legitimate... Yahoo employees use that domain for marketing and administrative purposes. |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 12:48 PM on 09.02.09 |
->> Don't rely on an email address for authenticity. Those can be easily forged. A flaky email, though, is a sure sign of a scam.
Others have pointed out the tell tales - poor grammar/spelling, asking you to supply information, or doing a Google search for key parts of the text to uncover scam alerts. |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 3:07 PM on 09.02.09 |
->> As a former Yahoo employee who had this level of access I can tell you that Yahoo does not need you to tell them your password. They already know what it is.
--Mark |
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Colin Heyburn, Photographer
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ARMAGH | NI | United Kingdom | Posted: 3:10 PM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> I find it hard to believe they would ask for your password as generally as a rule organisations will not do this in order to vouch for their integrity. Also as previously advised have a look at the email addy. |
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Clay Begrin, Photographer
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Petaluma | Ca | USA | Posted: 3:30 PM on 09.02.09 |
| ->> Many of the signs of fraud have already been listed above. Something else you can do that will often tell you the e-mail is fraud, but in no way confirms it is good is as follows: The e-mail usually has a link to click on. Do not click this link and do not copy and paste it into your web browser, However go to your web browser and you type in the exact link address and you will often find that it takes you to a website that has nothing to do with what the e-mail clains to be about or to a non existent web site. |
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Jon Wright, Photographer
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Wayzata | MN | USA | Posted: 3:52 PM on 09.02.09 |
->> If it was legit they would know your name. Greetings like, "Dear User" are an immediate red flag.
JW |
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