Do You Think The Verify your Account For Maintenance Is A Wise Request?

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From: Support Term To: "strkontrend@yahoo.com" Sent: Sunday, 19 May 2013 9:59 PM Subject: ***Verify your Account For Maintenance****‏‏‏ ***Verify your Account For Maintenance****‏‏‏ Show Details From Support Term To strkontrend@yahoo.com ATTN: User's,We are contacting you to remind you that our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your E-mail Account.So We are currently upgrading our Message Center database. We are deleting all unused e-mail account to create more space for new accounts. In other not to be suspended or deleted, you will have to update your account by providing the information listed below:Confirm Email Account Details Below: Full name: ...................... User-name:....................... Password: .......................= !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Confirm Password: ...............=!!!!!!!!!! Date Of Birth: .................. You will be sent a new confirmation alphanumerical password which will be valid during this period and can be changed after the process, we are very sorry for any inconveniences this might have caused you.Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within seven days of receiving this notice ends up being suspended permanently.Thanks for your understanding.Admin Support.Copyright © 2013

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Thanks for posting up that information on a scam.

Making a scammer's scam googlable on every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find is a great way to slow that scammer down when a suspicious potential victim goes looking for information, finds your post containing the name the scammer is using, his email address, phone number and the emails themselves and then that potential victim does not become a scam victim because you took the time "get the word out".

Wasting a scammer's time legally and safely is called "scambaiting". If you google that word, you will find sites where you can read scambaits, post up the emails and email addresses of scammers, post up a fake website, read up on how to alert a hosting company that they are hosting a fake website, ask questions and learn all about the hobby of scambaiting.

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Yahoo doesn't verify like that. If you don't use your account for four months, they shut it down until you re log in and activate your account. I would report the message as phishing. I'm glad you didn't answer back to it, good job.

NightTerror · Answer

No, this is a phishing scam.  Report it as Spam or Delete it.  Whatever you do, do not respond or send them any personal information.

Do You Think The Verify your Account For Maintenance Is A Wise Request?

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