Beware of Yahoo Scam Mail
Are you receiving yahoo email verification in your inbox telling you about yahoo congestion and after that asking you of your yahoo information like yahoo username and password? I am reminding everyone of this kind of email. This is a scam which means that it is a fraud and it is not coming from yahoo official website. These scammers only want to get your personal information so that they can use it for fraudulent transactions and purposes. What to do when receiving this kind of scam mail? Ignore it! Put it immediately in your spam mails and delete it. Never ever entertain this kind of emails and never give your personal information. Scammers out there, can please do a bit decent job and not scamming people for your own vested interest. . Here is a sample of yahoo scam mail I received again today. I also made a screen shot of it. BEWARE OF THIS KIND OF MAIL AND NEVER ENTERTAIN IT!
SAMPLE OF YAHOO SCAM MAIL
Yahoo!Account Verification
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From:
Yahoo!!Customer Care Service mailbase@yahoo.com
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Add to Contacts
To:
Yahoo! Mail
We are really sorry for any inconvinience this might cause you. Due to the congestion in all Yahoo! account users, Yahoo! will be shuting down all unverified accounts. In order to avoid the deactivation of your account, you will have to confirm your e-mail by filling your Login Info below by clicking the reply button.
Username: …………………………………..
Password: ……………………………………
Date Of Birth: ……………………………….
Occupation: …………………………………
Country Of Residence: ……………………..
Please reply to this message. This is a service email related to your use of Yahoo! Mail. To learn more about Yahoo!’s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! Mail is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
Yahoo! Customer Care
Case number: 8941624
Property: Account Security
Contact date: 10-05-2010
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