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Battou

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I recieved an E-mail yesterday night. Particularly nasty little thing.



--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Yahoo Users <info@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Yahoo Users <info@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Dear Yahoo Users!!!
> To:
> Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 5:32 PM
> Dear Yahoo Users,
>
> 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.
> E-mail:( upgradeaccount22@yahoo.com.hk
> )
>
> Email address:..........................
> Password:............................
> Date of Birth:.......................
> Email address:...........................
> Country Or Terriitory:.....................
> Alternative Email & Password...................
>
> 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.
>
> THANK YOU FOR USING YAHOO.
>
>


It's fake, First thing I noticed the sender information lacks the Yahoo! insignia found on all officiall Yahoo! communications. Once inside you'll note that there are a few dumb spelling errors that one would not find in a legitimate Yahoo! Inc. mail, there is also the redundant field mistake that would not made by Yahoo! Inc. There is the request for alternate e-mail address information. Alternate E-mail information is a big issue for two reasons. One if this had been legitimate Yahoo! has no right to any information of that nature if the alternate E-mail is not a Yahoo! account, second if it had been legitimate and any alternate acclunts are held on Yahoo! these alternate accounts would also recieve the E-mail and would be processed from there. One more thing, Of three people in the household holding a Yahoo! mail account I was the only one to recieve it.

Another element to this....As a website admin my self, I can assure you that If Yahoo! wanted your E-mail address and password, they can retrieve it through a very simple process internally. Also I have seen a similar scam before on FAC where a user was posing as one of our administrators and claiming that we where going to be processing a mass inactive account removal.


Whatever you do, do not reply with the information thay are asking for.
 

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