phishing scams Question And Answer
Is Yahoo asking for e-mail username and password confirmation? Phishing scam?
"Yahoo Warning!!! Account Removal, Confirm Your Account!!!" -- Received this messege asking to confirm my username, password, date of birth, and country or territory. Sounds like a phishing Scam.
Answers
BIG SCAM don't give anything away!
Scam Emails Not From Yahoo
If you have been contacted by someone about your Yahoo! account asking for a password, birth date,other personal information and or a threat to delete your account if you don't give certin information to them or requesting you send emails to other people etc etc etc
Don"t Believe It
this is called phising
this is an attempt to steal your yahoo account and your personal info for Illegal
purposes
Yahoo will NEVER ask you for this kind of information
it is already on file at yahoo
Abuse Form
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/general.html
Report This Crime To Yahoo
forward the email to
mail-spoof@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
include the full headers and the html source code of the email you received.
also forward the email to
phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com
you can use this form to report a website
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/security/forms/phishing.html
Call Yahoo
Usa: 1-866-562-7249 1-866-562-7219
Uk 020 7131 1000
Canada: 1-877-722 3755
Direct Number: 1-408-349-1572
Fax Number: 1-408-349-3301
8am-5pm pacific time
