On and on fraud email attack?

Question

I am being disturbed by some emails which are asking me for my yahoo id and password. I am facing this problem from last few months and also did mark these type of emails as "SPAM", but still these type of emails are coming in my mailbox.

I got another email of these type now and I did just mention the email as it is, below:-
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From: "Yahoo Customer Service"

To: [e-mail]


Dear Valued Member,
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 botton or your Account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! (KMM69467VL055834KM)

Due to the congestion in all Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
Yahoo! ID Card
Name:.................. ....... .............................. ....








Yahoo! ID:....................... .... ........................




Yahoo! Mail Address:......... ........ ............ .




Password:............... ........................ ...... .......


Member Information
Gender:................. .............................. .........




Birthdate:.......... ............................




Occupation:................... .............................. ..

Country:...................... ........ .............................. .....




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If you are a Yahoo! Account Premium subscriber, your current subscription will be canceled on september 29 2009 if you refuse to update your account. We will refund the unused portion of your Premium subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. So please make sure that your billing information is correct and up-to-date. For more information, please visit https://billing.yahoo.com.
After following the instruction on this sheet your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal
We appreciate your being a Yahoo! Account user. Sincerely, Yahoo! Customer Support Please reply to this message. This is a service related to your use of Yahoo! Mail. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of Web beacons in HTML-based email, visit Yahoo home page. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
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Are these type of emails really from yahoo's customer care? I think these are not from yahoo's customercare, right? But how to stop getting these type of emails in my yahoomail's inbox? And also please keep in mind that these type of emails are coming with yahoo's logo too.

Please help me to resolve this issue and oblige me thereby.

Answer 1

Your instincts are correct. It's phony; a scam known as phishing, trying to get your Yahoo! login for future use.



You can report it to Yahoo by forwarding the email to



[e-mail]



Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Hey Arijit



What has happened with your email address is when you signed up to services such as email subscription or free games website and you gave your real e-mail. companies often sell their logs of active email addresses and pass them on.



From this stage, scum bags will then try to find out which addresses are active and will try to compromise it. For example, if you reply to the email or in some cases open the email, they know it is active and will relentlessly try to con you.



on the FIRST sign of fraud, mark email as scam and delete it and the problem should be rectified.



Now, I suggest you did what I did and that is get a new email address, my old one has over 5000 unread emails from unknown senders so i really have no regrets.



Good luck to you

Answer 3

This type of email is known as "phishing" and is quite common. It's pretty easy to spot, you usually get an email from a trusted source urging you to "update your personal information" or something similar. Do not ever respond to this type of email, they're trying to steal personal information or internet accounts.



Yahoo mail's spam filter is terrible, so I suggest switching to gmail. If you want to stick with yahoo mail, there's basically no way to get rid of them.

Answer 4

Forward it to a known genuine Yahoo! Inc. e-mail address and seek advice.

I consider this a prank e-mail. You get the exact same sort of thing on MySpace as a circulating Bulletin

Answer 5

Just delete them.. It will not bother you much. On one can ask you for your password.. not even the E-mail Service provider.



They can reset the password with your permission and next time your log in you must have to change the password.



So be careful and be safe.

Answer 6

this is an e mail fraud, get out while you nonetheless can and wish you haven't any longer lost the money on your financial employer account. 10 mill isn't something for banks to deliver. twine transfers are finished with out undertaking.

Answer 7

They want to monitor your a/c and that is why net banking is not so safe they pick your email user name and pw and use it to their own advantage and world is full of good and bad people ....avoid bad guys wherever possible.

My advice.....open a new a/c... forget about this one and be more careful

Answer 8

I never got that email...I don't think its real...contact yahoo and ask them about it...and anyways way would yahoo want your occupation? seriously