service@yahoo.com fake???, i got an e-mail.... |
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 Aug 26 2005, 07:42 PM
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 kristie  Group: Member Posts: 136 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 27,246  |
I got this e-mail from service@yahoo.com
" Dear Yahoo Member, Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future problems with the online service. If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your membership. Virtually yours, The Yahoo Support Team " Do you know if this is a virus? Please help =( I didn't send any spam, I only use this account for Craiglist. Has this ever happened to someone and their account was actually deleted? |
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Aug 26 2005, 07:45 PM
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 I love you more than sex appeal. Group: Member Posts: 3,045 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 52,932 |
Maybe you wasnt so clear about that.
QUOTE Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages during the recent week You understand that part right? So I dont think its a virus. Just wait for 5-10 minutes and see what happens. |
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Aug 26 2005, 07:49 PM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
No, I think that is fake. Yahoo would never ask you to do that and I doubt they would cancel your membership unless you broke their rules or something. I suggest you don't pay it any attention, as it probably is a virus.
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Aug 26 2005, 07:52 PM
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 boo Group: Member Posts: 5,512 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,765 |
^Yeah, agreed.
I've never heard of Yahoo cancelling memberships. They're free, afterall. |
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Aug 26 2005, 07:53 PM
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 白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
that is fake, don't open the attachment
what w/ html emails getting more and more lovely for hackers, never open any attachment from someone you don't know. |
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Aug 26 2005, 08:05 PM
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 跡部様 Group: Member Posts: 243 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 186,886 |
Tis fake. (^___^) They'd never do that! Ahahahaha!
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Aug 26 2005, 08:06 PM
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 *scribble scribble* Group: Member Posts: 1,314 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 119,610 |
sometimes hotmail sends me those.. but i don't reply and i still have my email. so it's probably fake.
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Aug 26 2005, 08:08 PM
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 The Noob Group: Member Posts: 575 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 169,647 |
ugh i use gmail :D
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Aug 26 2005, 08:30 PM
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it seems pretty real although if you didnt spam, that seems pretty suspicious. ive never gotten anything like that and i dont use my account often. i thought you had to be active at least once a month or itll get deleted? mines never got deleted. [/off topic]
just try it. |
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Aug 26 2005, 08:35 PM
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boo Group: Member Posts: 5,512 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,765 |
QUOTE ugh i use gmail :D  not helping. So, did you open the attachment? |
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Aug 26 2005, 10:04 PM
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 :hammer: Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,849 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,700 |
Delete itttttttttt. Delete it now.
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Aug 26 2005, 10:08 PM
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 What a hypocrite. Group: Member Posts: 2,754 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 128,150 |
I don't think it's true; just don't listen to them.
Either report it as 'Spam' or just delete it and ignore the e-mail. Chances are the Yahoo! team won't delete your membership for sending spam messages, or at least, I don't think. |
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Aug 26 2005, 11:49 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Posts: 8,274 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,001 |
Send them a rant comments and delete the attachment.
Well, check the FAQ .. ? |
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Aug 27 2005, 01:26 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 893 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,217 |
Delete it. Yahoo would never send you information like that through email. Delete it now. The attachment contains a virus.
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