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

By: Lyn G

Lyn G — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:39:59 +0000

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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By: Ol'grizzler

Ol'grizzler — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:00:59 +0000

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
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By: Edwin

Edwin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:19:59 +0000

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

Jordan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:55:59 +0000

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.
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