yahoo alert!! Is this real?

I received this message on my yahoo emailaccount. Did anyone else get it? It's from a @gmail account so I don't trust it one little bit. I'm supposed to give my password which is just stoopid.





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 E-mail by filling out your login info below after clicking the reply botton or your Account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY. VERIFY YOUR FREE YAHOO ACCOUNT NOW !!!


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 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.

Yahoo! ID Card
Name:......................... .............................. ..



Yahoo! ID:........................... ........................



Yahoo! Mail Address:...................... ...........


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



Member Information

Gender:....................... .............................. ...........


Birthdate:.................... .............................. ..........


Occupation:................... .............................. .........



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11 replies since 28th May 2009 • Last reply 28th May 2009

Reply #1:

no i havent received anything like that?! That is crazy!

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Reply #2:

I sure would not trust it . you never know who is what anymore so you have to be caucious.

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Reply #3:

haha any place that asks for your password through an email is a fraud, because yahoo HAS your password, and if it were real it would not need it to be given to them. and I also have yahoo and have not received it, soooooo its a no go for sure, haha.

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Reply #4:

Yeah I would definitely say that's something to ignore. Any email asking for info is usually suspect. Generally they tell you to go to your account and deal with the settings.

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Reply #5:

Yeah, that's not legit, it's a phishing email. which means it's fraud and someone is just trying to get your information which yahoo wouldn't ask you for, and usually it would say it's a "phishing email" somewhere posted by yahoo in that message. Just delete it and forget it.

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Reply #6:

Do not give your password to ANYONE...yahoo never asks for your password..and no website should

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Reply #7:

I have a yahoo, I havn't got one

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Reply #8:

Me neither. I've got 2 yahoo accounts too.

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Reply #9:

I'm on a harpers island marthon

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Reply #10:

A few minutes after this email i got a second one from yahoo.verification@yahoo.com. Which also af course i didn't respond to. I reported the emails to yahoo.

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Reply #11:

i have yahoo too- i haven't got any emails like this

defiantly a good idea to report it.

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