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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 911461" data-attributes="member: 74969"><p>Might be overkill but some things I would consider trying if I got something like this:</p><p></p><p>1. Check URL in the address bar and submit URL to <a href="https://www.virustotal.com/gui/" target="_blank">VirusTotal</a>.</p><p>2. Has this email acct. been dormant for a long time?</p><p>3. Any other text in the email where you can check for spelling and grammatical errors?</p><p>4. Access the <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/" target="_blank">have I been pwned </a>site to see whether this account has been breached and password stolen. </p><p>5. Maybe take a screenshot or snip of the email and contact Yahoo directly thru its official website. </p><p> </p><p>When I had a yahoo acct, emails always had that purple logo, not a plain text one. I wouldn't respond to it. Even your screen name seems to find it suspicious. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>May not be applicable but if Gmail or Steam or whatever sends me a notification, my name or screen name is used in the correspondence. Not "Account User."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plat, post: 911461, member: 74969"] Might be overkill but some things I would consider trying if I got something like this: 1. Check URL in the address bar and submit URL to [URL='https://www.virustotal.com/gui/']VirusTotal[/URL]. 2. Has this email acct. been dormant for a long time? 3. Any other text in the email where you can check for spelling and grammatical errors? 4. Access the [URL='https://haveibeenpwned.com/']have I been pwned [/URL]site to see whether this account has been breached and password stolen. 5. Maybe take a screenshot or snip of the email and contact Yahoo directly thru its official website. When I had a yahoo acct, emails always had that purple logo, not a plain text one. I wouldn't respond to it. Even your screen name seems to find it suspicious. :) May not be applicable but if Gmail or Steam or whatever sends me a notification, my name or screen name is used in the correspondence. Not "Account User." [/QUOTE]
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