"Yahoo Alert Account Termination or Deactivation" Phishing Scams

"Dear YAHOO User,

You have requested to Deactivate your Email Account on the 19th of October, 2021. If you believe this is a Mistake or an Error from your Server,

Kindly Click Here to Cancel Termination to keep your email active otherwise your email will be Deactivated.

Service Mail Support
My-YAHOO Team"

Received this scam.

Another scam:

"From: "Yahoo Action"
Sent: Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:04 AM
Subject: ✅ Termination (FINAL WARNING)
Y A H O O

Dear Valued Customer,

We received a request to terminate your account. Your request is being processed and all associated data will be removed from our server shortly.

If this wasn't you, Open The Attach below to cancel the request and continue account usage.

If you made this request, you're all set and no further action is required from you.

Yahoo!


Regards,.

Yahoo! Member Services


Note: Your email address information is out-of-date.

Technical Team



Privacy Policy
This notice was sent to you because you subscribed If you do not want to receive emails from Yahoo Mail
about upgrades on network verification and participating in online communities , please unsubscribe.


Yahoo is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

RefID: ma-17822000001001"

"From: Yahoo
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 02:56:43 AM GMT 2
Subject: 🚩Reminder: You Are Violating Our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Dear valued user,

It's mandatory that you Update your account to avoid permanent deactivation of your account as our record indicates your account is not updated.

"Starting from 9th September 2020, YAHOO! may at any time terminate its services to accounts for failure to perform required Security Update prior to our policy oath and terms"

Take a minute to update your account for faster, safer and full featured YAHOO! experience.

CLICK ON THE ATTACHED TO UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT.

Thanks,
Yahoo! Mail Team."

Here is another scam.

I don't know if this is real: it was from
michaelamicu-ymail.com:
"Dear User,

The Classic version of your Mail will be replaced by our new version on 30, June 2020. So it's time to upgrade, before you lose your email access.

CLICK HERE

Protecting your information is important to us and we work continuously to strengthen the threats targeting our Financial Institution.

Thanks for choosing
Yahoo Mail."

It is a phishing scam.

Thank you. I suspected as much and my account has not been changed.

How can I deactivate my yahoo account if I cannot recover my alternative email account?

"Dear - Yahoo Mail User,


You have requested to Deactivate your Email Account on the 5, of May, 2020. If you believe this is a Mistake or an Error from your Server,


Kindly Click Here to Cancel Termination to keep your email active otherwise your email will be Deactivated.


Thanks for choosing -Yahoo Mail.

Web-mail system administrator!"

I received this scam.

"From: Yahoo Mail
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 05:36:51 AM GMT 2
Subject: Important Update Terms of Service & Privacy Policy To Avoid The Suspension.

YAHOO

Dear user,

Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown due to non-
verification.

Please follow the attachment below to verify and prevent loss of account.

This warning will expire in 48 hours!

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.


Sincerely
Yahoo! Mail Team
Copyright ©2020 Yahoo! Administrator all rights reserved."

Here is another scam.

"From: "Yahoo Account update"
To: "noreply-yahoo.com"
Sent: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 13:04
Subject: Administration

Account

Our record indicates that you recently made a request to shutdown your Yahoo account and this request will be processed shortly.
If this request was made accidentally and you have no knowledge of it, you are required to cancel the request now by clicking on the link below,

Cancel Request Here

However, if you do not cancel this request your account will be shut-down within the next 24 hrs and all your email data will be lost permanently.
Sincerely,
Yahoo Support Team.

©2001 - 2020 Administrator. All Rights Reserved."

Here is another scam.

Here is another scam:

"From: ❶ Yahoo Tech
To: online-deactivation-inc.com
Sent: Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 16:00:57 BST
Subject: Email Closure

Yahoo Mail


Dear User,

Your Yahoo account has been marked for immediate shutdown due to non-verification.

Please follow attachment below to verify and prevent loss of account.

This warning will expire in 24 hours!

Thank You.
Yahoo!

Copyright © 2019 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved."

Got this today...

"no-reply-yahoo-account-services

May 21 at 2:36 PM

Yahoo!MAIL

Dear User,

Your E-mail has exceeded the storage limit. You cannot make
fully use of your mail account until you re-validate your mail.

To re-validate the mailbox open the attached Yahoo! re-validation form to continue.

This is a service announcement regarding your account.
Failure to comply to this notice will lead to error and suspension of your membership.

Sincerely,
Yahoo! Mail Support."

I got a second e-mail with the above mentioned threats.

I got two of these today:

"Dear Account User

We have received an instruction to close this account due to violation of termination code (ID 50117 )

We recommend that you re-verify your account to avoid termination of your account.

Please open the link to re-verify your account"

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: YAHOO
Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2019, 4:31:45 AM GMT 2
Subject: Immediate account termination process

Yahoo! Customer Care Satisfaction Survey

Dear User,

Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit of 1 GB and need to be upgraded immediately

You might not be able to receive new messages until you upgrade your account.

Please kindly click : Upgrade Now and confirm your identity now to make safe your Yahoo! mail account

If your account is not upgraded within 3 days, we will be forced to shut down you Yahoo!mail

Thanks for using Yahoo!
Yahoo account service

Dear User, another version of same fishy phish!

"The Classic version of your Mail will be replaced by our new version on 26, April 2019. So it's time to upgrade, before you lose your email access.

CLICK HERE

Protecting your information is important to us and we work continuously to strengthen the threats targeting our Financial Institution.

Thanks for choosing

AT&T Mail."

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: YAHOO! Inc
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019, 10:24:36 AM CDT
Subject: ACCOUNT DE-ACTIVATION (UPDATE REQUESTED)

Yahoo!MAIL
Dear Valued User,

Your email address will be discontinued on April 20, 2019. This is to inform you that we are updating our service agreement and privacy
statement. Please keep your secure information updated.
Do not ignore!

Click here to upgrade your email

Note: If you do not update, your email address will be disabled. (updates are free)

Thanks,
Yahoo Mail! 2019 update

I think I got a scam email...see below

"Closure Of Your Account Has Been Processed
Yahoo

Yahoo

Apr 6 at 5:11 AM

Yahoo!MAIL
Dear Valued User,

Your Mail version is outdated,
Failure to Upgrade to the newest Yahoo Mail 7.1 now will result to a permanent account closure.
According to provision 17.9 of Terms and Conditions, Yahoo may at anytime terminate its services for accounts.
To upgrade open the attach below

Thanks,
Yahoo! Mail Team

Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your email! website and choose the "Help" link on any page.

Customer Service Email ID # 1009.
c 2018!, Inc. All rights reserved

Yahoo! Verification.html 122.4kB"

Yes, it is another phishing email.

Received similar 4-10-19, 4-11-19 in my email Spam folder. Filed a complaint with Yahoo.

"Subject: Mailbox Closure
From: Yahoo! (lvsanidad-yahoo.com)

Prior  to AT&T / Yahoo! Agreement 
"Starting on April 11, 2019, YAHOO! customers who have not updated their email account will no longer be able to log in to their Yahoo and through email addresses. Customers will have to Verify their email address to confirm kindly click on the attachment re-login and verify, we apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you, online service Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.

For assistance, log in to your email! website and choose the "Help" link on any page. Customer Service Email ID # 1009. c 2019!, Inc. All rights reserved.
Attachments
• Yahoo Mail Verification.htm (122.01KB)"

Thank you. This was very helpful. I received the message below this morning. When I clicked on "Cancel" a screen came up that asked for my Yahoo user name and password. I immediately closed it and checked it out through Google.

Thanks for this information. I will change my password, just to be safe.


"Yahoo Mail

‎Apr‎ ‎9 at ‎7‎:‎25‎ ‎AM

Dear User,

Our security team received your request to delete your account, we will process your request within 24hours.

All features associated with your Yahoo account will be lost.

Was this you or someone else, If you didn't make this request, kindly cancel request to continue using our service.

Cancel Request

Thanks for using Yahoo!a
Sincerely,
The Yahoo Team

©2019 Yahoo! . All Rights Reserved."

Here is another scam:

-------- Original message --------
From: Yahoo! Mail
Date: 4/3/19 9:34 AM (GMT-08:00)
Subject: Y! Account De-activation Confirmation


Dear Customer,

Your Mail version is outdated, failure to Upgrade to the newest Yahoo Mail 9.1 now will result in a permanent account closure.

According to provision 2.1 of Terms and Conditions, Yahoo! Mail may at anytime terminate its services for accounts!

To upgrade follow the link below and accept our new terms and conditions.

http://login.yahoo.com/upgrade

Thanks for taking these additional steps to keep your account safe.

Yahoo! Mail

Here is another scam:

"From: AT&T ADMIN
Date: October 30, 2018 at 9:32:42 AM EDT
Subject: Final warning 2018
Reply-To: gideonward-btinternet.com

Yahoo! Mail

Dear User,

To finish verification about this Email Account, we just need to make sure this email address is yours, Because your two incoming mails from your contacts were placed on pending status due to the recent upgrade.

Verify Your Account Now, Or we will De-activate it

If verification is not performed within 24Hours we will be forced to De-activate your Account.

AT&T Mail System Administrator Team 2018"

Here is another scam:


"From: Yahoo!
Date: 24 March 2019 at 14:56:38 GMT 1
Subject: Termination Of Mailbox
Reply-To: Yahoo!

Yahoo!

Dear Account User

We have received an instruction to Close this account due to violation of termination
code (ID 50117)
We recommend that you re-verify your account to avoid Termination of your account.
Please open the attachment to re-verify your account.

Thank You.
Yahoo!

Copyright © 2018 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved."

Here is another scam:

"From: Yahoo
Date: 23 February 2019 at 11:36:41 pm AEDT
Subject: Mailbox shutdown (do not ignore)
Reply-To: Yahoo

Yahoo

Dear User,

Access to e-mail is about to expire,
We recommend that you update your account to avoid
DE-Activation.

Please open the attachment to update your account.

Thank You.
Yahoo Inc."

I have been getting these message for the past few days in my spam mail. Will it hurt to delete it even though I opened it. I did nothing else with it.

No, you can delete them, just do not click on the links in them and do not follow the instructions on the page the links go to.

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: AT&T Services Notice!!!
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 2:24:36 PM EST
Subject: Your account deactivation on process! (Verify Now)

AT&T

Email De-activation On Process
Dear User,

Your account will be disconnected from sending or receiving mails from other users because you failed to resolve errors on your mail.

Confirm your activities here

We hope to serve you better.
Regards,
The Mail Team
This notification was sent to at&t Yahoo.com.

I just got this too:

"The request was received from your yahoo account on November 14, 2018 23:15 GMT.

Sometimes these requests are made in error. If this deactivation was not requested by you, we ask that you submit your password in reply to this email.

Once the current password on the account is verified the deactivation request will be canceled and your account will remain active.

Be advised, once an account is deactivated it cannot be recovered.

Thank You, The yahoo Team"

Here is another scam:

"From: Y - a - h - o - o
Date: November 1, 2018 at 01:59:54 PDT
Subject: LAST WARNING
Reply-To: Y - a - h - o - o

Dear User,

We noticed an attempt to shut down your Yahoo account.

We are attending to this request and soon we will close down your account in 48hrs. If this wasn't you and you think you are receiving this messages by mistake, please click here to sign in back again in order to keep your account active, otherwise your mailbox will be shut down in 48 hours from now. And your two incoming mails was place on pending.

Yahoo!"

Here is another scam:

"From: Mail Service
Subject: Sign in Attempt
Date: October 8, 2018 at 3:17:53 PM EDT

Yahoo

Dear Valued Customer,


We received a request to terminate your account. Your request is being processed and all associated data will be removed from our server shortly.


If this wasn't you, please use this link to cancel the request and continue account usage.

If you made this request, you're all set and no further action is required from you.

Yahoo!"

Here is another scam:

"Dear valued Customer

You are advised to verify and reconfim your yahoo online account to enable usupgrade your account will automatically lose the yahoo account. reply to this urgent mail would enable us upgrade our data system for your security

All yahoo users should reply now!! Failure to do this will immediately render


Regards,
yahoo.com"

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Tim Kyara (iLearniTeach)
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 6:21:20 PM GMT 8
Subject: Re: Yahoo Account Shutdown !!! (FINAL WARNING)

Yahoo!

Dear Yahoo! Mail User,

Access to your e-mail is about to expire due to subsequent Verification failure on your Account.

We recommend that you verify and authenticate your account within 48hrs to avoid the suspension.

AUTHENTICATE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW

Thank You.
Yahoo !n© 2018 All Rights Reserved, Do Not Reply This Mail.

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "boxbe-notifications-boxbe.com"
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 6:03:39 PM GMT 8
Subject: Re: Yahoo Account Shutdown !!! (FINAL WARNING) (Action Requested)

Hello Yahoo Mail,

Your message "Yahoo Account Shutdown !!! (FINAL WARNING)" to me was waitlisted.

Get your message to my inbox by clicking the following link.

CLICK HERE
Thank you,
joana_alega2006-yahoo.com

P.S. ...you'll only have to do this once. Future emails will appear immediately in my inbox.

I also received an email today stating it was from Yahoo and that they received my request to discontinue my account in 3 days which of course I did not do.

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Yahoo Mail!
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 7:46:50 PM EDT
Subject: ❶ Mailbox WARNING ALERT!!!

Yahoo!

Dear User,

Your ID will stop receiving messages due to our system upgrade. You have to verify your email address information,
to avoid account termination verify this email address now.

Yes, I would like to Upgrade my account

No cancel Upgrade request
Privacy Policy

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "YAH00 TEAM"
Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 3:32 PM
Subject: Email Termination Alert!

Dear User,

We received a request to terminate your Account and the process has started by our Mail Team.

Please give us 24 working hours to permanently close your Email Account.

To cancel the termination request click https://login.yahoo.com/request.php?account=cancel %


All files on your Email including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your
Email ( smilakodali-yahoo.com ) will be DENIED if you ignore this Alert.

Best Regards,
YAH00!

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "E-mail Admin"
Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:37 PM
Subject: Action required on August 30, 2018, 04:37 PM

Yahoo logo

Dear

This is a courtesy notice from admin center, we recently received a request to temporarily deactivate your account, some of your incoming mails will have a pending status.

To cancel this request and avoid exceeding quota, please follow the button below to get more storage.

Restore


*No further action is required, we appreciate your understanding.

Thanks

© 2018 Yahoo! Support701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

Here is the reply identification to the Yahoo cancellation announcement:
emailverificationsfeedbackresolve701-users

Here is another scam:

"From: Yahoo Mail
Date: August 20, 2018 at 2:37:17 PM CDT
Subject: Termination Of Services

We have a new unified Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Dear Valued Customer,

We received a request to terminate your account. Your request is being processed and all associated data will be removed from our server shortly. Please read through our Terms & Conditions .

If this wasn't you, please follow the instruction to cancel the request and continue account usage.

If you made this request, you're all set and no further action is required from you.

Thanks
Yahoo! Team
Copyright © 2017 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved"

Here is another scam:

"From: Yahoo Mail
Date: August 6, 2018 at 7:02:16 AM EDT
Subject: Email Termination Notice !!! (FINAL WARNING)

Yahoo!

Dear Yahoo! Mail User,

Access to your e-mail is about to expire due to subsequent Verification failure on your Account.

We recommend that you verify and authenticate your account within 48hrs to avoid the suspension.

AUTHENTICATE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW

Thank You.
Yahoo !n© 2018 All Rights Reserved, Do Not Reply This Mail."

I got the same message on deactivating yahoo account. I was going to reply to them, but decided to check first if I should and now it's going into the trash.

Thanks.

I received the "yahoo deactivation" email recently and in researching it's legitimacy I found this site. So (in a way) thanks you attempted scammers!

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: -Yahoo! extinguishing Service Team
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018, 11:04:47 AM EDT
Subject: -Yahoo! FAQ-Code- "Mail Shut-Down"

Dear Member,

Your mail account will be blocked in response to a complaint received by the administrator. According to provision 14.1 of Terms and Conditions. Kindly confirm your account is still active and in use by clicking the validation link below:

Solved this De-activation:-

Sincerely,
Mail Service.
©Yahoo 2018 Mail Service Inc. All Rights Reserve

Here is another scam:

-- -- -- --
From: "Yahoo!"
Date: July 12, 2018 at 8:04:41 AM PDT
Subject: Account Termination
Reply-To: -reply-contact.com

YAHOO!

Dear Valued User,

We received a message from you requesting for your account termination, please ignore this message if the request was from you. Your account would be deleted from our system in the next 24hrs.

(Note: All mails in your inbox, spam, draft, and sent items would be terminated, and access to your account would be denied.)

Click on the cancel request if the message wasn't from you.

CANCEL REQUEST

Cancel the termination request to keep enjoying Yahoo!

Thanks,
Yahoo"

The latest and greatest arrived just now:

"Dear _______

We are closing all old Version of
Your [email] as from today THURSDAY! JULY
(7/12/2018). Tap below to get a more organized mailbox to
avoid being De-activated.

[LINK - UPGRADE NOW TO THE NEWEST VERSION]

Thank You.

YAHOO!----Mail support"

Here is another scam:

"From: AT&T Online Services
Date: July 5, 2018 at 3:56:43 PM CDT
Subject: ****LAST WARNING****
Reply-To: AT&T Online Services

Dear Yahoo! User,

Your account has not been updated. Yahoo! Inc. strongly advise you to update your account to avoid unexpected closure. All files on your yahoo mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Thrash, Draft) will be denied.

Secure Now to avoid unexpected closure of your yahoo account.

Thank you!
Yahoo! Mail Inc."

How can we nuke the phishers?
notification-doublededication.com

Here is another scam:

"From: Yahoo Mail®
Date: June 25, 2018 at 8:44:36 PM CST
Subject: We Are closing Down Your Account, Upgrade Now

YAHOO!

Dear Valued User,

We have upgraded our security system.

For safety reasons, your account will be blocked within 48hrs if not upgraded.

Kindly click on Upgrade Account to continue using our services.

Upgrade Account


Thank you for your cooperation.

Regards.
The Upgrade Team 2018."

I received one two days ago. It was sent to my Spam folder.