How can I recover an extra email address I deleted by mistake?
- July 28th, 2010
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“Account Alert
Dear Valued Member,
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 Info below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.User Name: :…………………………………..
Password:…………………………………..
Date Of Birth:……………………………………
Country Or Territory:…………………………
After Following the instructions in the sheet, your account will be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Is this legit? I’m asking because it came in my Bulk mail…and usually emails like this come to my Inbox. Plus, they always use my ID rather than “Dear Valued Customer”, and I cannot for the life of me fathom why they would need to confirm accounts that we are using actively. Isn’t signing in a confirmation of sorts? I don’t like that this email wants you to supply them for info. that they already have…it just seems rather suspicious. I’ve always been told that when someone asks for this info, you should NEVER give it to them…and why would Yahoo!, a place that commonly tells us NOT to fall for scams like this tell us to do it now?
Scam or legit? Anybody know? I’m going to be REALLY angry if I lose my email accounts because I’ve had them for two years or more, and I have a LOT of things saved on them. But I’m not going to chance having my accounts hacked either!