Alert! Be cautious about this spam e-mail apparently from Yahoo!

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  1. Posts : 936
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    Alert! Be cautious about this spam e-mail apparently from Yahoo!


    I am attaching the screenshots (upper and lower part) of the email from Yahoo! mail box. it has not marked as spam still by Yahoo!. I made contact with them and reported against it. I will give update when ever they replies.

    Description: It will appear as if its from real Yahoo! mail service asking your personal details. Its a spam and dangerous for not so advanced internet users. Yahoo! never will ask your personal information through e-mail.

    P.S.: Windows Mail correctly recognized it as spam.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Alert! Be cautious about this spam e-mail apparently from Yahoo!-sshot-20.png   Alert! Be cautious about this spam e-mail apparently from Yahoo!-sshot-21.png  
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  2. Posts : 8,476
    Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
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    Stopped using yahoo since last 4 yrs. Good info BTW.
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  3. Posts : 262
    MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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    Dinesh said:
    Stopped using yahoo since last 4 yrs. Good info BTW.
    i still use aol LOL
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  4. Posts : 936
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    Dinesh said:
    Stopped using yahoo since last 4 yrs. Good info BTW.
    Done good job...I have no way for that i.d.
    Thanks Dinesh.

    i still use aol LOL
    AOL is pretty nice. I use one, spam is lesser than Yahoo! Free Hotmail is walking towards Yahoo! in terms of spam, but its impossible to reach the altitude Yahoo gained

    Few years ago, I was far from computer for a week...opened when I came and saw nearly 1200 mails. Two e-mails were important among them.
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  5. Posts : 262
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    nokian73me said:
    Dinesh said:
    Stopped using yahoo since last 4 yrs. Good info BTW.
    Done good job...I have no way for that i.d.
    Thanks Dinesh.

    i still use aol LOL
    AOL is pretty nice. I use one, spam is lesser than Yahoo! Free Hotmail is walking towards Yahoo! in terms of spam, but its impossible to reach the altitude Yahoo gained

    Few years ago, I was far from computer for a week...opened when I came and saw nearly 1200 mails. Two e-mails were important among them.
    i have nearly 3800 spam emails
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  6. Posts : 369
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with SP1
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    I don't use Yahoo! I seemed to get too much spam. I am using Apple MobileMe. I get some spam, but not nearly as much. Most of the time you see something like that survey asking for your password, you know it's a scam.
    Did you contact Yahoo! support about that email?
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    codyw said:
    I don't use Yahoo! I seemed to get too much spam. I am using Apple MobileMe. I get some spam, but not nearly as much. Most of the time you see something like that survey asking for your password, you know it's a scam.
    Did you contact Yahoo! support about that email?
    So you pay for your emails?
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  8. Posts : 369
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with SP1
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    Yes, the service is pretty straight forward - it keeps all your devices in sync, computers, iPod touch, iPhone.

    Visit the service here!
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  9. Posts : 936
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    codyw said:
    Did you contact Yahoo! support about that email?
    Yeah I did, they sent automated confirmatory e-mail (wrongly twice).
    I have premium account too, thats completely clean (Not Yahoo).

    i have nearly 3800 spam emails
    Yahoo must arrange "real e-mail spam lottery selection"
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  10. Posts : 4,517
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    Thanks for this. This type of stuff seems quite common, and appears to be real at first glance.

    I seen something similar to this twice last week.
    Window Live mail did flag it as SPAM however.

    The mail looked legit. From Blizzard.

    In a nut shell, my Battlenet account may have been compromised and I needed to follow a link to verify my personal details and talk to a rep. about it.

    If I failed to do so, my WOW account would be banned.


    I found this odd because I have NEVER had a World of Warcraft account, nor have I even played the game.

    So I guess they'll just need to ban my account that never existed in the first place.
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