Do you have a Yahoo account? Did you get the following email?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Account Alert

Dear Valued Member,

Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts,Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts,You will have to confirm your new password and 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.

User Name:...........................

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

Date of Birth:..............................

Country Or Territory Zip:........................


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 inconvenience.


Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently

Warning!!!


:wtf:

[lightningandsnow]

1. Yeah...it's not real.

Stupid "permanent account closure" chain letters.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. I thought so...thanks.

first one I ever got using Yahoo.

[billyskank]

2. Sounds like a phishing trip. Don't enter anything.

Nobody should enter any information there!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. I didn't. I thought it looked bogus when I opened it. Thanks.

Going to trash it now.

[Chan790]

5. Actually if you go to the Yahoo website...

there should be an address to email those sorts of phishing attempts to. It both helps them to identify new threats and to track down the sources for law enforcement and/or civil suit.

[Zavulon]

6. [e-mail]. (NT)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. should I forward it to that address?

:shrug:

[Chan790]

12. That one or [e-mail].

or both.

[Zavulon]

16. Sure.

Can't hurt. When forward these things to that address, I like to imagine that it's the first step in someone being busted and sent to jail. Picks up my mood every time.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. ok, then I will send it to both. Thanks. n/t

[Chan790]

10. Update: Forwarding address fir phishing attempts on Yahoo.

To report a phishing email, please forward the email to [e-mail].

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. so, I should forward it to that address?

no the other one?

[Chan790]

15. Both.

It violates both policies. It pretends to be a corporate communication and it attempts to steal your personal information. Hence, it's both a spoof and a phish attempt.

[hobbit709]

9. Oh I fill the phishing attemtps in

Name: George Bush
Mother's maiden name: Demonspawn
etc.
For phone number I usually give the FBI 800 number.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. heehee...Good one

:D

[Chan790]

17. Dubya's mother's maiden name is Pierce.

I know that because Barbara Bush is something like a 3rd cousin (or farther-apart on the family tree) of my deceased great-grandmother.

So...yeah. I'm related very distantly to those idiots. We can all trace our ancestry back to the same brother of Franklin Pierce...so you see, I'm distantly related to two of the worst presidents in history, three by marriage.

:hide:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. oh.dear.

poor thing :hug: :D

[hobbit709]

7. Yahoo knows the name you used for your account

A real mail will address you by that name.
"Dear Valued Member," or any variation thereof is the dead giveaway.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. yes. That was the first clue. Thanks.

[arcadian]

20. I hope they aren't doing that with Flickr.

I'll be fuct.