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  • Posted By: Anonymous
  • Submitted: 04/27/2011
  • Severity: 5
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Yahoomail Cusgtomer Care

TERMINATION OF YOUR YAHOOMAIL ACCOUNT AVOID CLOSURE

do not know, California

I received this email and want to know if it is a scam? Grace Fross gcfross@yahoo.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Yahoomail Customer Care
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:43 PM Subject: [PHISHING]: TERMINATION OF YOUR YAHOOMAIL ACCOUNT AVOID CLOSURE


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Panda IS 2011 has detected that this email could be spoofed

Take maximum precautions, as spoofed emails could be the sign of a fraud attempt.
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Dear Account User
VERIFY YOUR YAHOO MAIL ACCOUNT NOW TO AVOID IT CLOSED

This Email is from YAHOOMAIL Customer Care and we are sending it to all EMAIL YAHOO User Accounts
Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of YAHOO accounts so we
are shutting down some of the accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending
this email to you 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, We 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.

Sincerely.
The Yahoomail Customer Care

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This seems fishy to me, period. It's asking for way too much information! Even if the account was closed by Yahoo. I doubt it, but I'd be sending an email to Yahoo, regarding this. They do respond to you, if you be patient. Let us know how this turns out.

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