Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on March 19, 2009, 06:58:08 AM

Title: Yahoo Spam - Looks Authentic
Post by: Henry on March 19, 2009, 06:58:08 AM

From: "Yahoo! Inc©" <alert@yahoo-inc.com>
Subject: Yahoo! Alert: Important Information Regarding Your Yahoo! Account!!!


Dear User,
 
We are sorry to inform you that we are currently working on securing our
server, during this process account which is not manually verified by us
will be deleted, Please confirm and submit your information for manual
verification by one of our customer care.
   
Information which is to be provided is below:
User Name:
User Id:
Password:
Date Of Birth:
Country (At Sign up):
       
Upon confirmation of information from you, we will manually verify your
Yahoo! Account and reserve it not to be deleted, We are sorry for any
inconveniences this might have cause providing  your information over the
email.
     
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two
weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
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Title: Re: Yahoo Spam - Looks Authentic
Post by: Rev. Elizabeth on March 19, 2009, 03:02:32 PM

Thanks for posting this!  When I get suspicious email, or email that I think might be legitimate but also might be bogus, I check the grammar.  Quite often the scam emails are filled with errors in grammar and syntax.  If you read through  through the one posted, you will come  upon a number of errors.   When that happens--hit delete!