Saturday, November 7, 2009

I was asked to give yahoomy email address and password to verify. is this a scam?

It has the yahoo logo but I am still apprehensive about giving out my password... Wouldn't they have it already? I would think if they had the power to suspend my account like this email is threatening to do, they would have the power to find out my password. thank you

I was asked to give yahoomy email address and password to verify. is this a scam?
You will NEVER get an email from Yahoo asking you for your personal information. It has to be a scam!
Reply:Yes and No...





Yahoo has several checkpoints in place to ensure that YOU ARE YOU.





However, they will never ask you for your PW in an email or IM.





If you are being prompted for your login data, ensure that it is on a site with ???.yahoo.com (maintaining a Yahoo.com domain or website in the address.)





This can happen if you are accessing a members section of their community. It can also happen due to idle delay timeout security features or if you have recently done a system cleaning or dumped your cookies.





Send me the link, I have a Yahoo Account to test with, if it's a scam, I'll let ya know.
Reply:DO NOT reply. This is a 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.
Reply:Obviously a scam. Don't do it. Yahoo will NEVER ask you for your password. EVER (well, except when you log in, of course ^_^ )
Reply:No it has to be a scam also i would report this to yahoo (site below)
Reply:Its a scam yahoo already has all your information and wouldnt need it again., SCAM%26lt; SCAM.,
Reply:'Here phishy phishy...'





Don't do it!


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