RETRIEVE YOUR YAHOO PASSWORD WITH TRICK, SECRET EMAIL?

Here are the steps recommended by the phisher:

1. Log in to your own yahoo account. Note: Your account must be at least 30 days old for this to work.
2. Once you have logged into your own account, compose an e-mail to: [[ omitted ]]@yahoo.com
   This is a mailing address to the Yahoo Staff. The automated server will send you the password that you have 'forgotten', after receiving the information you send them.
3. In the subject line type exactly: password retrieve.
4. On the first line of your mail write the email address of the person you want to hacking.
5. On the second line type in the e-mail address you are using.
6. On the third line type in the password to YOUR email address (your OWN password). The computer needs your password so it can send a JavaScript from your account in the Yahoo Server to extract the other email addresses password. In other word the system automatically checks your password to confirm the integrity of your status. Remember you are sending your password to a machine not a man. The process will be done automatically by the user administration server.

There are sometimes additional steps requested, but that's the gist of the message, and as you can see, it really boils down to send us your account name and password which is clearly not a good idea!

Let me be clear in case you're still unsure what I'm saying here: this is a scam, there are no secret email addresses at any of these services that can recover your password, and you should never, ever email your account password to anyone, even if they assure you that they are a part of the corporation!

Follow up note: Some people have told me that they saw this article, skimmed it, saw the email address shown above, and followed the procedures without actually reading that it's a scam. Please do not do that!! The reason I show a real address is so if people Google that address they'll find this article that warns them about the scam, not because I am at all involved in this nefarious social engineering scheme.

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