Received email from "Yahoo Accounts" <scustomer79@yahoo.com> for account verification; is this valid? or spam?
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ANSWERS: 5
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99.99 percent of all emails with the phrase "account verification" are spam.
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SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
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It seems like phishing to me. Many of these "account verification" schemes will ask you for your account password. DO NOT give it to them. I got one from "Bank of America", even though I'm not a customer.
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SPAM. These emails are only sent out genuinely immediately after you sign up to the service in question where you will be asked to log into your email and verify your account. Exactly the same thing as you would of had to do when signing up to Answerbag. My suggestion would be to just delete it. If it was genuine it does not matter as you will not notice a problem untill you attempt to use the service in question again where you will be able to send the verification email again anyhow. Do not worry. I get lots and lots of these messages each day and some are very very clever. I NEVER click links on any emails without first scanning them thouroughly.
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This has come out to be a clean e-mail. I ran a search, and found that this did indeed come from yahoo. it is safe to open. BUT... Use caution when opening this e-mail, don't give any information. Spammers can trace through security systems and see your information. Here is the actual results: Validation ResultsConfidence Rating : High canonical address: [scustomer79@yahoo.com] Location: Sunnyvale, CA IP Address: 209.131.36.158 This basicly says this e-mail is trusted. But to be safe with it. I say Report it to yahoo, so they are aware. Forward to spam@yahoo.com and ask for a validation.
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