Yahoo spam email?

[The Doctor]

Has anyone else had this e-mail? It looks like spam but would like to check.

'Dear Account User,
This Email is from Yahoo Customer Care and we are sending it to every Yahoo Email User Accounts Owner for safety. We are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Yahoo accounts so we are shutting down some Yahoo accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account.If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name,password,date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

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 Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

*USERNAME&E-MAIL ID;

*PASSWORD;

*VERIFY PASSWORD;

*ALTERNATE EMAIL ADRESS;

*DATE OF BIRTH;

*COUNTRY/TERRITORY;

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely.
Yahoo! Account Service.
Customer Care '

-Ralph

[Bogatan]

Sounds like spam but if you want to confirm email customer services through what ever address is listed on yahoos main pages.

Andy

[Andy Turnbull]

Sounds like spam to me.

Andy

[blueshift]

Yes, that's absolutely spam. Why would they even /need/ your password since if you could send mail from your account you obviously know it!

[Hero]

I had that too. Certainly is spam.

===KEN

[legios]

Yeah, from the wording of it I would say that it is a phishing expedition designed to compromise your acount so that someone can use it to send spam. The wording of the "Yahoo Mail User Acounts Owner" seems suspicious to me.

Also "Account user that refuses to update his/her account" doesn't sound quite right.

Karl

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Definitely phishing of some kind.

Martin

[Gav]

Yup,

All communication from Yahoo I've had uses my first name - and they never ask for account specific details in their emails. Leave well alone!

[The Doctor]

I hate spammers!

-Ralph