Is this Spam or Not ??

[Babz]

Anyone had anything like this ??

From Yahoo! Account Services Customer Care Thu Dec 13 01:35:50 2007
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Dear Account User

This Email is from yahoo Customer Care and we are sending it to every
yahoo Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions
due to the anonymous registration of yahoo accounts so we are shutting
down some yahoo accounts and your account was among those to be
deleted.We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know
if you still want to use this account.If you are still interested
please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User
name,password,date of bith and your country information would be needed to verify
your account.

Due to the congestion in all yahoo users and removal of all unused
yahoo Accounts, yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will
have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below
after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended
within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username: ..............................

* Password: ................................

* Date of Birth: ............................

* Country Or Territory: ................

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to
this request. We apologize for any inconveniences. Warning!!! Account
owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of
receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

[kathyv]

I think it's phishing! I didn't get one and anyway, yahoo should be able to track use or non use of an account much like hotmail does and tell if there is activity or not. You shouldn't send them any personal info such as passwords or anything. They don't need that from you to maintain their site!

With your user name and password the phishers can access whatever is in there about you and use your id other places.

Delete it or report it as spam to the site.

[Fudged]

Do you really have to ask?
Apart from the fact that any e-mail asking for a password is bound to be fake - the English is well dodgy in places and the whole thing is too long-winded (a bit like me!). Not merely spam, as kathyv says it's phishing.

[Babz]

It can phishing go somewhere else

It takes me all my time to remember passwords so I would never give them to someone else !!

[Babz]

Got this one today !!!!!!!

Unused Account Removal Confirm Your Account!!!
Wednesday, 12 November, 2008 6:00 AM
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From: Yahoo! Account Service <center.account4@verizon.net> Add sender to Contacts
Subject: Yahoo!!!Unused Account Removal Confirm Your Account!!!
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Dear Account User,
This Email is from Yahoo Customer Care and we are sending it to every Yahoo Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Yahoo accounts so we are shutting down some Yahoo accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.

We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name,password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security
reasons.

* Username: ..............................
* Password: ................................
* Date of Birth: ............................
* Country Or Territory: ................

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeksof receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely,
Yahoo! Team


I am sure that they think people are going to give away their password.....NOT ME !!!

[Celyn]

Glad you didn't fall for it, Babz.

Actually, this thread made me think of going to have a look at my Yahoo mailbox, which is indeed hardly ever used now. This had the benefit of proving that if they are going to close an account for lack of activity (unused for 4 months), well, like Hotmail, they just quietly close it, and then a click or two reactivates it.

So, I don't *think* anyone would fall for this, but there you are, proof if anyone needs it that these emails are just phishing and are to be ignored.

I think I might go and send e-mails from Yahoo just to pretend I've got friends.

[kathyv]

Did you report it as spam?

I've been getting something supposedly from Federal Express, that says it's 'holding' an important document in their safe warehouse in Nairobi, Africa. They can't deliver until I give them bank account info, my shoe size, what brand of shampoo I use, blood type, favorite drink, etc etc etc. . . I contacted FedEx and they knew about the scam, then gave me a real address where I can forward the sneaky stuff, they are trying to get it stopped. It's illegal for spammers to use a real business. I wonder if yahoo has the same kind of plan?