Is email from yahoo employees legit

[Jimrob1]

Originally Posted by macroy

You may want to change your password just to be on the safe side. Not really much else you can do. But can't hurt just to be sure.

Yes I thought so also, so I changed the password.

[Jimrob1]

Originally Posted by elnina

I got those messages in the past. It was about some email accounts that l have on back burner.is
They didn't ask to "upgrade" - just to log in to validate the use.

The only way to prevent most free email accounts from having data deleted or being terminated due to inactivity is to log in to them regularly as outlined above.
https://www.mail.com/blog/posts/inac...l-accounts/71/

What did they meant with "upgrade", OP?

I don't know what that meant by upgrade. All I know they asked me several times this past year to press a button to upgrade the email account, and finally 3 months ago I did hit the button to upgrade.. Yahoo then started acting strangely. I fooled around with the filters and it returned to working normally again. Then I didn't hear from Yahoo for 3 months until this week. Another message from them telling me to upgrade or they will delete the email account on Feb 21. I didn't hit the upgrade button this time and decided to ask on here what to do. It's Feb 22 and the email acct is working just fine. So I guess the message may say Yahoo, but evidently its not from them and is a scam.

I'm a senior so I get strange calls and messages from so many scam artist. I'm afraid one day I will give info to someone I shouldn't and be in a royal mess. I have had people sending me emails or calling me telling me they are the Social Security Office and need my SS Number. Or the bank wanting me to provide them my Acct numbers. It's one after the other. It's just really hard to know what is legit anymore.

[Jimrob1]

Originally Posted by poncho62

Don't ever do anything by hitting a link in those emails. Go into your mail settings and check for updates. Same if you get an email from your bank etc. Go into your banking site and then check. These emails are just looking for your personal info.

Yes I'm finding that's what we have to do in this day and age. Sad but true.

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by MidValleyDad

I wonder if you got hacked when you hit that 'upgrade button'

These things are usually Phishing, not viruses.

"login here with your Yahoo account!"

Click: Login > ERROR.

Someone just stole your password...

[TurcoLoco]

Originally Posted by poncho62

Don't ever do anything by hitting a link in those emails. Go into your mail settings and check for updates. Same if you get an email from your bank etc. Go into your banking site and then check. These emails are just looking for your personal info.

^^^

This.


Same goes for emails from any source like Amazon, Chase, BofA, IRS, someone in your contact list, etc.
> NEVER EVER interact with the email no matter how legit or convincing it may seem.

Any doubts, always error on the side of being SAFE!

Open your browser and visit the provider/bank/source from your trusted, known methods, a phone number, an email address, a browser bookmark/favorite for the company.

Odd emails from friends asking you for some odd, random or, at least, unexpected thing/attachment/link:
> Do NOT use REPLY or interact with that message!
> Start a new email to ask them about it, or pick up the phone if it is urgent.