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I got a message from Yahoo saying I needed to change my password. How do I know if is actually Yahoo or a s? - Agnes - 02-19-2014 12:49 PM
How do I know if it is from Yahoo or a scam?
- Aaron - 02-19-2014 12:55 PM
Yup, it's a scam.
- Martin - 02-19-2014 12:59 PM
tell em to feck off lol. but just in case go to yahoo, not via the email, and change the password
- Kittysue - 02-19-2014 01:03 PM
1 - ALL emails regarding your account will be from an @cc.yahoo-inc.com address, NEVER @yahoo.com or anything else
2 - ALL emails regarding your account will ALWAYS have a purple Y! logo to the left of the message in your Inbox. No logo means it's fake
3 - ALL emails regarding your account will always address you by your name (i.e. Dear John, Dear Mary), never a generic greeting (Dear Customer, Dear Yahoo Account Holder, Dear Valid User, etc), your email address or no greeting at all
4 - Yahoo will NEVER ask for any personal details, passwords or usernames in an email and will never ask you to click on a link to ‘verify’ your account.
Yahoo accounts were recently hacked (along with Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, etc) so they are emailing people whose accounts were affected
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/5/hack-attack-2-million-facebook-twitter-passwords/
http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-google-twitter-users-among-nearly-2-million-124811240.html
http://www.news10.net/news/national/264861/5/Almost-2-million-accounts-compromised-in-mass-hack