Dear YAHOO User,
Because of the sudden rush of people signing up to YAHOO, it has come to our attention that we are vastly running out of resources. So, within a month's time,anyone who does not receive this email with the exact subject heading,will be deleted off our server. Please forward this email so that we know you are still using this account.
We want to find out which users are actually using their YAHOO accounts. So if you are using your account, please pass this e-mail to every YAHOO user that you can and IF YOU DO NOT PASS this letter to anyone we will delete your account.
From Mr. ALLEN SMITH
YAHOO Admin. Dept.
Our YAHOO system is getting to crowded!! We need you to forward this to at least 20 people. I know this seems like a large number, but we need to find out who is really using their account. If you do not send this to at least 10 YAHOO members, we will delete your account. Sorry for this inconvenience.
Sincerel
2006-06-14 05:57:51 · 13 answers · asked by Diva 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It's scammy spam. Don't pass it on. It will only annoy your friends.
2006-06-14 06:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is absolutely a hoax! I managed mail servers for large corporations we would never have anyone purposely send mail which would only clog up the system.
Mr. Allen Smith is also a very dubious name.
Their are reports that can be run on mail servers which can tell an administrator when the persons mailbox was last accessed. General practice in the industry is to delete the box after 6 months of inactivity. However its not really deleted. Administrators just hide the mailbox from the mailbox listing and take the users rights away and will keep the mailbox for another six months before actually deleting it.
My general pratice with my Yahoo account is to create a new mailbox every year anyway to combat all the ^%$#^ spam.
2006-06-14 06:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a bunch of crap, FAKE. No company would ever send you a chain letter and that is what that is! I got the same thing weeks ago and i deleted it. Do not send it out. Yahoo wants to get crowded, they make money by selling advertising and the more people they have accessing yahoo the more money yahoo makes. So delete it and do not forward it. They would never delete customers.
2006-06-14 06:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by Educated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is is total BS. The admin dept would not be sending letters like that...it would come from customer service. Secondly, why would it ask you to further crowd the system if it's asking you to add to it by telling you to forward stuff. Don't respond to it....its just another chain letter...ignore it.
2006-06-14 06:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by daddydoggie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send a copy of it to admin@yahoo.com . They will know for sure if it is legit. They handle all your questions and problems. I hope this was helpful. Have a great one!
2006-06-14 06:01:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam -- and possibly infected with a virus. If you send it to anyone, send it to abuse@yahoo.com and nobody else.
Yahoo already knows exactly who using their account and would never ask you to do what this monkey is asking.
2006-06-14 06:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of these are bullshit!!!! if yahoo was going to eliminate their services, ti would be huge news nationwide, and they would personally send u an official email, not sum scam bs!!! ignore it and delete it and NEVER forward these stupid things!!!
2006-06-14 06:01:30 · answer #7 · answered by J Daddii in da D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anytime you aren't sure type some of the text or the title of it into google with the words scam and fraud after it and see what comes up about it
2006-06-14 06:08:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You shouldn't even need to ask us. Just read it to know it is a total hoax.
2006-06-14 06:00:40 · answer #9 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM.
Report it to yahoo.
2006-06-14 05:59:01 · answer #10 · answered by Manish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋