A Message from Yahoo support

[DogsMom]

This does not seem legitimate and I did forward it to what I believe is the real Yahoo Support team.  The return address on the scam is "inffo" @ yahoo.

Dear Subscriber

TERMINATION OF YOUR YAHOO MAIL ACCOUNT

We are currently carrying out an upgrade on our system due to the fact
that it has come to our notice that one or more of our subscribers are
introducing a very strong virus into our system and it is affecting
our network.We are trying to find out the specific person.
For this reason all subscribers are to provide their USER NAME AND
PASSWORD for us to verify and have them cleared against this virus.
Failure to comply will lead to the termination of your Account in the
next 48 hours.
Information to send;
EMAIL ADDRESS:  I am not sending this info off to an unknown party
USERNAME:
PASSWORD:     especially passwords

Hoping to serve you better.
Sincerely,
YAHOO MAIL Support

This is an Administrative Message from YAHOO MAIL server. It is
not spam. From time to time,  YAHOO MAIL server will send you such
messages in order to communicate important information about your
subscription.

I will let you know what I hear back.

[DogsMom]

Yahoo replied back to me very quickly. They said "it is very easy to alter the to and from lines in an email"  and basically said they can not do anything about it.

[PinkSodaPop]

Quoting DogsMom:

Yahoo replied back to me very quickly. They said "it is very easy to alter the to and from lines in an email"  and basically said they can not do anything about it.

Yes.
What you've described is 'spoofing' --- it's very simple to change the to and from to be almost anything you want.

This is the way that alot of accounts are compromised.

NO company will ever ask you for your email or password or update your account via an email for this reason.

So don't access accounts via email links, or give out vital information via email.

Always visit the actual website in question to be safe and to safeguard your account information --- if there were actual information needed they would most likely contact you via regular standard mail or phone --- or via the official website itself.

The websites are protected ....email simply is not.

[zanzeebeel]

This is still going around I got it today !!! and i must admit they are managing to make it look more and more official. Even got a green light link on the firefox wot to make you feel happy,

 

 

To ensure that your account information remains accurate and secure we notify you whenever this information changes. Due to the congestion in all Yahoo!accounts, Yahoo! will be shutting down some of our accounts, both premium and free accounts for security reasons. In order to avoid the deactivation of your account, you will have to confirm your e-mail by filling your Login Info below after clicking the reply button. We are really sorry for any inconvenience this might cause you.   CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY. VERIFY YOUR YAHOO ACCOUNT NOW !!!      Your -Username:---------------------------- Your -Password::---------------------------- Your -Date Of Birth:------------------------- Your -Occupation:--------------------------- Your Country Of Residence:----------------   After you must -have followed the instructions in the sheet, your Yahoo! account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thank you for your usual co-operation. We apologize for any inconvenience.   Regards, Yahoo! Account Services ------------------------- We are really sorry for any inconvenience this might cause you.