Help Has anyone received an e mail from Yahoo

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 08:55

I have just received an e mail from yahoo saying they are closing thousands of accounts and mine is one of them and if I dont fill out this part within two weeks they are closing my yahoo

the info they want is

user name/password/date of birth/and country of origin

Please let me know if you have also received this and what did you do, I use yahoo all the time but is it a scam

Any info would be greatful

sheila

Sazna


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 1177

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 08:57

Sheila never ever give out this kind of info its all a scam Stay clear just delete it.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 08:59

Thanks Sazna, thought it might be but wanted to make sure, it keeps saying verify verify over again, but will delete.

sheila

susief


Joined: 06/11/2008
Posts: 529

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 09:01

Definitely has the scent of a scam. As Sazna said, never give out personal info unless you're 100% sure it's an official request.

Sazna


Joined: 12/09/2009
Posts: 1177

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 09:02

as far as i know the genuine company's never ask for this kind of info and that's how you tell its all a scam.

out of interest did it go through to your spam box?

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 09:02

Agree with Sazna, ignore it.

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 09:05

I'm always receiving spam, i said to the wife yesterday cant we have something different for a change like ham or corned beef )

elkiton



Joined: 15/03/2009
Posts: 514

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 09:28

Had an interesting phish from "Paypal" yesterday, similar message. Checked out the URL on Google and it looked ok so I went to the "paypal" page, that looked genuine too, then I got rerouted somewhere else and Norton put up a big red warning that the redirected URL was a known spam site. I have to say that the fake Paypal looked pretty good, or they had hacked it and were redirecting. In the end I reached Paypal through my Ebay account, and spotted that the real URL only had one "/UK" in it, the redirected one had "/uk./uk"

TonyE

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 09:32

Sheils, ignore it - it's a scam.

jamestalbot


Joined: 20/12/2009
Posts: 958

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 10:27

I have recently had two very convincing emails from what they said was my banks, one was HSBC, the other Halifax Bank, they looked like my Banks web sites.

I decided to contact my banks who said they would never ask for all my security details and that it was a scam,



These people are very clever, beware.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 13:17

It didnt come through as spam, it was an e mail through my yahoo, thats what made me think if anyone using yahoo has received, but I will delete it now thanks for alll your help

sheila

Cooper we ate spam all the time as children, loved it )

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 13:24

james message 10. I've received one from HSBC. I must say that it looks genuine. I forwarded it on to HSBC and asked them to comment on it. No reply yet, that was just before xmas.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
15/01/2010 15:39

smithy only open e mails from aj lol.