What does yahoo! mean when they ask me the following?

Question

i keep getting the same message when i open my yahoo! mail:

Hi Diane, you're one step away...
Yahoo is changing the way you can recover your account in case you forget your password. You must provide the following information in order to use your Yahoo! account.

it goes on to ask for an email address where they can send password reset info. how many email addresses am i supposed to have? i only have the one yahoo! account. i'm not about to give my work email address.

any suggestions? has anyone else gotten this message? what did you do?

Answer 1

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I am Not trying to spam this message - but there is something going on-
People have nothing else to do with their time i guess!


Lots of crap going on---
Pleasee BE AWARE OF THIS SCAM TOO FOR MOBILE
4O PEOPLE I KNOW OF - SO FAR...
I did it on purpose - a phone I was not using
but if you dont have access to another phone -- You wont for a while


So you know what i am talking about
NOW FOR THE MESSAGES
You get a text from

from 92500
Your Yahoo Account dianatroiano:
Changed - Secret questions, email, mobile
More info
http://r.yahoo.com or text help
To end text STOP
std msg charges apply

Yahoo is NOT sending this

Yahoo Mobile codes is not 92500
it is 92466 spelling Yahoo.

here is where you went wrong-
1.You responded - so that got your phone number,this is one way to get your number

2. You didnt read the message ( but alot of people dont realize Yahoo NEVER sends Text messages on account changes )
and it wasnt even YOUR account
It is some other account that you dont even know about.

3 r.yahoo.com - that is just a redirect to a "pretty good page that looks like Yahoo"

WELL Look at the entire page
There are differences

4. By responding and saying STOP that gave another way for your number

5, every time you send - it goes for another hour!
YOU SAID 4 TIMES - WELL COUNT ON ANOTHER 60 MESSAGES


I answered a Question Yesterday.. and posted this after talking to Yahoo.

**SCAM / SPAM WARNING--- DO NOT REPLY, DO NOT TAKE ACTION ON WEBSITE- THIS IS NOT FROM YAHOO! THIS SOLVES NOTHING

IF YOU SEND A TEXT MESSAGE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONE - you will get 20 msg an hour
everytime you send STOP.

I recognized this right away when I saw where the message was from
when you get Your first message was it from 92500?
Yahoo is 92466

NOW FOR THE MESSAGES

from 92500
Your Yahoo Account dianatroiano:
Changed - Secret questions, email, mobile
More info
http://r.yahoo.com or text help
To end text STOP
std msg charges apply

IF YOU SEND FOR HELP:
THEY GET YOUR NUMBER AND KEEP SENDING THE SAME THING EVERY 3 MINUTES YAHOO ACCOUNTS ALERTS.

You receive alerts when your Yahoo account changes go to http://r.yahoo.com for more info
to end tet STOP std msg charges apply.
WARNING DO NOT SEND!!

(Yahoo Never sends texts on account changes -ONLY email)

BEING A 10 + YR USER OF YAHOO --I KNEW THIS SEEMED "PHISHY"

YAHOO SMS CODE IS 92466

I GRABBED MY OLD PHONE THAT I USE FOR UNLIMITED TXT - Not even the Number the phone msg was sent to..
>>>> I replied and said HELP and I checked the page online
they tell you to go to http://r.yahoo.com and you get this link You are redirected to this page:

https://edit.yahoo.com/mobile/landing?in…
Again looking 'PHISHY"

Yahoo Password helper?- OK
but I have changed my password before and they never asked me What kind of text message I received and what the message included --
seeking further: this page had
5 different options with the result "help" underneath

Message for resetting my password
( options)
Click Next to reset your password
Message saying my password has been changed

If you requested this change, no action is needed. If you did not request this change,
click Next to verify that you can still sign in to your Yahoo! account.

If you cannot, click I can't access my account to reset your password.

2. Message saying my mobile number or alternate email has been changed

If you requested this change, no action is needed.

If you did not request this change, click Next to go to Account Information to review your information.

3Message saying my secret questions have been changed

If you requested this change, no action is needed.

If you did not request this change, click Next to go to Account Recovery to reset your secret questions.

4Message received after texting STOP or HELP



All which LOOK just like Yahoo's pages to change your password and account information
but you are only taken to http://www.yahoo.com
WELL NOW THESE JERKS HAVE MY NUMBER AND FOR THE PAST HOUR AND 1/2 EVERY 3 MINUTES I get a message saying this:


I CONTACTED YAHOO MESSENGER CUSTOMER SERVICE SO THEY ARE NOW AWARE -- but the only thing offered was "contact Yahoo Mobile"

I said let me talk to just some one and they were NOT willing to give me a number to call to report this - to get it out to readers..


TIME 3:45 AM (my chat but he rude agents name I changed)
One moment as we route your chat to a Yahoo! Agent. The average wait time is 0 minutes and 3 seconds.

Welcome to Yahoo! Messenger. My name is John.

Jo: Welcome to our Yahoo! Messenger live chat service. I'm glad you've joined us.

Jo: Thank you for providing us the details of your issue.

Jo: Hi Karylle.

karylle (carol): hI I am furious at this moment

Jo: I understand that you want to report an

Source(s):

Thanks and this has been reported ON 6/4 -- PLZ DONT DELETE- I AM SERIOUS!

Answer 2

i have gotten that message so i made an account on msn and entered that as my second email

Answer 3

You know something? Yahoo simply doesn't ask for this kind of information. You apparently keep on opening this kind of mail, and as long as you do, you will keep on getting it. It's called spoofing or phishing, and they are trying to get you to give them account information.

If you received an email impersonating Yahoo! and would like to report it please forward the email to: [e-mail]. If you have already been tricked into giving your password, please visit http://security.yahoo.com/article.html?a…
and follow the instructions there.

Answer 4

it asked me the same thing and i just gave them a fake email account i put [e-mail] when you look at your profile it will just say email not yet verified but you wont get that question any more and no i don't have an aol account.

Answer 5

someone is trying to steal your password report it to yahoo.com