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The email claiming to be from Yahoo! Mail and instructing you to update your account to avoid its suspension appears to be a phishing scam. Phishing e-mails are e-mails from scam artists who use official looking webpages designed to trick you into believing they are from a corporate website that you have an account with. Once you are at the site, they will ask you to provide or verify personal information such as bank account information, credit card information, social security information and password information. If you get such an e-mail, you should delete it and do not provide any of the requested information. However, if you are not convinced that you have a fraudulent e-mail, please contact Yahoo! directly and explain the e-mail you received. If you give out any personal information, contact Yahoo! immediately and depending on what information you gave out, it may be wise to take measures to protect against identity theft (e.g. contact credit agencies, close accounts, cleanse computer). Many e-mail solicitations that appear to be phishing e-mails are set forth throughout this website and below:
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:58:59 -0700 (PDT) |
| From: | |
| Subject: | YAHOO WARNING!!! ACCOUNT REMOVAL UPDATE |
| To: |
Attn: Subsriber
Dear Valued Member,
Account Alert
Dear Valued Member,
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 Info below after clicking the reply botton, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.User Name:...........................Password:.............................Date of Birth:.........................Country Or Territory:...............
Mobile Number:......................
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 inconvenience.Get back to usEmail:
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before 14 working days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
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