Yahoo Hoax? (SERIOUS QUESTION)?

Hello Yahoo Answerers,





I rec'd the following via e-mail today. I'm wondering if anyone else has rec'd it as well or if it's a hoax? If you have, please let me know -





%26gt; YAHOOMAIL CENTER %26lt;mailcenter@yahoo.com%26gt; wrote:


%26gt; Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:44:30 -0700 (PDT)


%26gt; Subject: Yahoo Warning!!! (Verify Your Account Now


%26gt; To Avoid Suspension)


%26gt; From: "YAHOOMAIL CENTER" %26lt;mailcenter@yahoo.com%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt; Account Alert


%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt; VERIFY YOUR YAHOO ACCOUNT NOW !!!


%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt; Dear Yahoo Customer,


%26gt; This message is from yahoo messaging center to all


%26gt; yahoo free account owners and premium account


%26gt; owners. We are currently upgrading our data


%26gt; base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all


%26gt; unused yahoo account to create more space for new


%26gt; accounts.


%26gt;


%26gt; To prevent your account from closing you will have


%26gt; to update it below so that we will know that it's a


%26gt; present used account.


%26gt; To do this, You have to click on your reply botton


%26gt; to reply back to this message and then you fill the


%26gt; informations below.


%26gt;


%26gt; Confirm Your Identity


%26gt;


%26gt;


%26gt; Yahoo!


%26gt; ID:........................................


%26gt;


Password:................................


%26gt; Your


%26gt; Birthday:..................................


%26gt; Your Country or Territory:......................


%26gt; Enter the letter from the Security Image :


%26gt; FILL THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS CORRECTLY TO AVOID YOUR


%26gt; ACCOUNT BLOCKED


%26gt;


%26gt; Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his


%26gt; or her account before two weeks of receiving this


%26gt; warning will lose his or her account


%26gt; permanently.


%26gt;

Yahoo Hoax? (SERIOUS QUESTION)?
Yes, a hoax. Yahoo clearly states it will NEVER email you and ask you for your password or other personal information.


If you received an email impersonating Yahoo! and would like to report it please forward the email to:


mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com. If you have already been tricked into giving your password, please visit http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?a...


and follow the instructions there.
Reply:I read somewhere on the net, that this was a spam e-mail.


just deleted it. Now %26lt; I have another problem of


not being able to read my e-mails at all, do not know


if the problems are related or if Yahoo is blocking everybodies e-mail, \


from Victoria


Iguanacorp1@msn,com





because cannot use yahoo mail.
Reply:Yahoo would never ask you for your password as they have database access anyway if they wanted it. Yahoo can delete your account and access it at anytime.





This is a scam. Be careful.
Reply:DO NOT RESPOND! Report it! It is a hoax!!!!! They want your personal information to use for purposes of sending viruses, etc.
Reply:I also recieved this message and doi belive it is someone trying to steal peoples personal info if you hit reply you will see that is is not yahoo itself but someone with an address of


sonnysonny95@yahoo.com
Reply:Yahoo will never ask for that stuff, its a hoax.





AOL is the same way.
Reply:hoax - yahoo never does this - this is a scam
Reply:This is a SCAM. The below links confirm various email scams hitting the internet, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them :


http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...


http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/or...


Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.


Check out these sites for further information :


http://www.scambusters.com


http://www.hoax-slayer.com/