OT Yahoo spam

[david walcroft]

Has anybody seen this email from yahoo,is it spam or not.

The All-New Yahoo! You Must Be A Part Of It To Avoid Your Yahoo Account 
To Be Closed
The All-New Yahoo! Mail Beta Is:

* Faster: Fewer steps to get things done.
     * Easier: Drag & drop organization.
     * Effortless: Automatically checks email for you.

With the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta you MUST Fill the Information's Below 
To Verify Your Account ,This For Your Benefit Read Below To Understand More.
Yahoo User

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 button, or your account will be suspended within 24 
hours for security reasons.
* Username: ..............................
* Password: ...............................
* Date of Birth: ...............................
* Country Or Territory: ...............................
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.
Filter
Yahoo! Mail

Thanks  david

[Ed Greshko]

david walcroft wrote:
> Has anybody seen this email from yahoo,is it spam or not.

They are asking for your password....  Technically, that's phishing.  Trash it.

[Rick Stevens]

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 10:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Has anybody seen this email from yahoo,is it spam or not.
>
> The All-New Yahoo! You Must Be A Part Of It To Avoid Your Yahoo Account 
> To Be Closed
> The All-New Yahoo! Mail Beta Is:
>  * Faster: Fewer steps to get things done.
>  * Easier: Drag & drop organization.
>  * Effortless: Automatically checks email for you.
>
> With the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta you MUST Fill the Information's Below 
> To Verify Your Account ,This For Your Benefit Read Below To Understand More.
> Yahoo User
>
> 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 button, or your account will be suspended within 24 
> hours for security reasons.
> Username: ..............................
> Password: ...............................
> Date of Birth: ...............................
> Country Or Territory: ...............................
>
> 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.

It's a phish.  The English is terrible and they're asking you for a
password.  That's an instant giveaway.

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[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 05:51:59PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> It's a phish.  The English is terrible and they're asking you for a
> password.  That's an instant giveaway.

Additionally, they demand you do something within 24 hours or your account
will be closed. Another giveaway.

[Tim]

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 10:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Has anybody seen this email from yahoo,

No, and I've a couple of Yahoo mail accounts.
> is it spam or not.

For things like that, go to the Yahoo website and check for news or
notices.  Or plug some of the text into a search engine.  You should be
able to find something that helps you work out whether something's a
scam, or not.

Things like Yahoo or Hotmail which were going to do such things to their
users would throw some click-through page into their webmail login page.

[Alan]

On Tue, 1 May 2007, david walcroft wrote:
> Has anybody seen this email from yahoo,is it spam or not.

Don't do it.  It is a Phish to steal your Yahoo account information.

Always read the headers of any message you get asking for information like 
this.  You will find that most, if not all, of them are not from the 
claimed domains.
> The All-New Yahoo! You Must Be A Part Of It To Avoid Your Yahoo Account To Be 
> Closed
> The All-New Yahoo! Mail Beta Is:
> Faster: Fewer steps to get things done.
> Easier: Drag & drop organization.
> Effortless: Automatically checks email for you.
>
> With the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta you MUST Fill the Information's Below To 
> Verify Your Account ,This For Your Benefit Read Below To Understand More.
> Yahoo User
>
> 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 button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security 
> reasons.
> Username: ..............................
> Password: ...............................
> Date of Birth: ...............................
> Country Or Territory: ...............................
>
> 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.
> Filter
> Yahoo! Mail
>
> Thanks  david