what is this?

[kenzhang]

just recieved a strange email. and the content is like this:
_________________________________________________
Dear Yahoo!® User,

The Yahoo! servers are currently under heavy stress due to unproportional usage of our email services. Thus, The Yahoo! Staff has decided to reduce the number of Yahoo! accounts by a huge margin to regain its potential.

All accounts which are currently not under use shall be removed permanently from our web servers. If you wish to retain your Yahoo! account kindly send an email to member_user_services@yahoo.com with the subject as "CONFIRMATION" and the message body containing the following details seperated by colons(
Login User Name ; Password ; Date of Birth ; Country

Accounts not confirmed shall be rendered terminated. Yahoo!® sincerely regrets the inconvenience caused to its clients.

The Yahoo! Staff

_____________________________________

I think this one is just a BS. what do u think?

[The Aldifriek]

i don't use yahoo but this sounds like an joke

[unicorn]

Lol. Not a joke but a scam.

Somebody is trying to get control of yahoo accounts.

Of course the staff at Yahoo doesn't ask you for your password.

[~*McoreD*~]

Quote:

Originally posted by .unicorn@Oct 16 2002, 04:09 PM
Lol. Not a joke but a scam.

Somebody is trying to get control of yahoo accounts.

Of course the staff at Yahoo doesn't ask you for your password.

yea, that was exact what i was gonna say.
guys be careful!!
dont get trapped.

there is no such an official email called member_user_services@yahoo.com
but services@yahoo.com or something.
somebody is gonna get your account details

[gus]

it's a very old way of getting your account password, dont fall for it dude!