Is yahoo sending out emails warning people that old accounts will be deleted?

I received the following email:





Dear Value member,





This message is from yahoo message center to all our numerous


yahoo free account owners and premium account owners,During our web


maintenance,We have decided to upgrade our data base and e-mail account


center. At the moment,we are deleting all unused yahoo account inorder to


create more space for new accounts.





In order to prevent your account from closing, you will have to


update your account by provinding us with the following requirements :


1).Your yahoo Username:


2).Your yahoo Password:


3).Your Date Of Birth:





Warning!!!Any Yahoo Account owner that refuses to update his or


her account within 24 hrs of receiving this warning will lose his or her


account permanently.





Thanks for your co-operation.


Yahoo Alert Centre

Is yahoo sending out emails warning people that old accounts will be deleted?
No, it's a scam.





Yahoo! would never ask you for your user name and password or any of your information.
Reply:DO NOT reply. This is a phishing scam attempting to get you to give them all your personal info. It's not from Yahoo, just delete it and ignore it. Good luck and be careful.
Reply:That would be a scam.


If your account is old and not being used...How would you get that email in the first place?


Also yahoo is in the US. we spell Center with ER not RE.


So ignore it.
Reply:They forgot to ask for your zip code and secret question and answer. That is a scam to allow someone to take over your account. Yahoo does not even use @yahoo.com as their return address which I am sure the email does.


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