I received this email from "The Yahoo!® Security Department"
and it says the following:
Verify this email address
Someone tried accessing your yahoo email account with a wrong password from a different location. We request you to verify your email account. This is to enable us confirm that you are the valued user. You need to perform this verification process within 48hour to avoid your account been deactivated.
Verifying your email address ensures that you can securely retrieve your account information if your password is lost or stolen. You must verify your email address before you can use it on Yahoo! services that require an email address.
Verify your account now
For your security, please keep your email address information up to date. If this information changes, you can always update it by signing in to your Yahoo! account and changing it from the "My Account" area.
Sincerely,
The Yahoo!® Security Department
© 2012 The Yahoo!® Security Team. All Rights Reserved.
------ As I checked the email address of "The Yahoo!® Security Department" is [email protected] and when I opened the VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT LINK, I was directed to http://liveverify.56activelog.yahoo.activatelog.co... with a window that shows I have to log in or sign in to yahoo.. Is that for real? Anyone help thanks. I am afraid that it is fishing my log in details.
Answers & Comments
Verified answer
Definitely a scam attempt to phish your info.. Delete and mark as spam and forget it.. As first user said.. it is not the way yahoo verifies your account..
Just assume it is a scam and ignore it.
The worst that would happen if it is real is that someone keeps trying to hack your account and it's unlikely they'll ever get in unless your password is crappy.
The worst that would happen if it is not real is that someone actually steals your information.
You can update your email and security information and Yahoo does ask that you do this every now and again, but it's only when you already sign on. What you described just smells a little fishy.
I also got the same e-mail. I suggest that we ignore this since the root directory is activelog and not yahoo. Or maybe someone can report this directly to yahoo authorities :)