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I received an Yahoo Mail Account Alert about congestion on it’s servers and asking for personal information?

Author: admin

But I would like to know, is it a genuine e-mail message (alert) from Yahoo, or a phishing e-mail?

I’ve cut and pasted in, what the e-mail contained below:
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!!! YAHOO MAIL SERVICE !!! VERIFY EMAIL !!!
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Mon, 23 November, 2009 1:44:01 AM
From:
YAHOO MAIL ALERT <servicerespondalerts@yahoo.com>
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To:

Yahoo! Mail Yahoo!

Yahoo Mail Alert!

Dear Valued Member,

Account Alert

Dear Valued Member,

Due to the congestion in our Yahoo servers,there would be removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts.You will have to confirm if your E-mail is still active by filling out your login info below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

Username:……………………..
Password:……………………….
Date of Birth:……………………
Country :…………………………
Occupation :…………………….

After updating your account information,your account will not be interrupted and will continue to work as normal.Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Yahoo!

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Yahoo would not ask you for your personal information in an E-mail like that.
It is a scam to get your personal information and/or money.
Do not respond to it.
Report it, forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov and to the abuse desk of the sender’s ISP.
For yahoo, report them here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya…
Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you’re reporting on.
Also, if the E-mail appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.

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4 Responses so far to "I received an Yahoo Mail Account Alert about congestion on it’s servers and asking for personal information?"

  1. 1 Jordan
    December 6th, 2009 at 7:55 pm  

    Nope, not real, report it to yahoo, and do not reply.

    Because they’re asking you to email your information, the chances of it being real are incredibly small.
    References :

  2. 2 Edwin
    December 6th, 2009 at 8:19 pm  

    Sure, make sure to include your credit card details as well. Of course it’s a scam to steal your private data from you.
    References :

  3. 3 Ol'grizzler
    December 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm  

    This is a known phishing scam attempting to get you to give them all your personal info. It’s not from Yahoo, just delete it and ignore it. Good luck and be careful
    References :

  4. 4 Lyn G
    December 6th, 2009 at 9:39 pm  

    Yahoo would not ask you for your personal information in an E-mail like that.
    It is a scam to get your personal information and/or money.
    Do not respond to it.
    Report it, forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov and to the abuse desk of the sender’s ISP.
    For yahoo, report them here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya...
    Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you’re reporting on.
    Also, if the E-mail appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.
    References :

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