Is this a scam?

loulou41

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Sunday, 17 June 2012, 15:28



Dear Customer,

This E-mail been sent to you by the Yahoo Verification Team to inform you that your account will be deactivated withing the next 24 hours due to several unsuccessful login attempt on your account.

For immediate access, Please CLICK HERE to verify your account.

Thank you for using Yahoo! Mail user.

Regards,
Yahoo! Account Services

Thanks

victor2

Sure is. Just look at the address the link would take you to - and don't go there!

Figment

Absolutely a scam. Apart from anything else the appalling grammar and spelling is a giveaway.

Please remove the link from your message to prevent anyone else clicking it.

DCFC79

Definitely is a fake/ruse to get your login details,

bod1467

Dear Customer is always the biggest clue that it is a scam.

Simplistik

I know the 'Tekkies' won't, but lots of people read the forum,

don't risk clicking on that link in the OP:

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 10 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?
Of the 879 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 20 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.
The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-06-17, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2012-06-16.

Malicious software includes 9 scripting exploit(s), 3 exploit(s), 1 trojan(s). Successful infection resulted in an average of 9 new process(es) on the target machine.