what is "Spam"??? who creates them??

[Raymond]

Maybe too short? How about this?

Q: Who create "spam"
A: People who wants to advertising in a dirty way

[optimus prime]

hi,thanks a lot for advices..i need a tiny help..couple of days ago,i got a msg like this..it was not in spam,but in email inbox...is this a spam...??? i'm afraid to reply this...email was


"Account Alert
VERIFY YOUR FREE YAHOO ACCOUNT NOW !!!



Dear Yahoo Customer,

This message is from Yahoo message center to all Yahoo free account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Yahoo account to create more space for new accounts.

To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it's a present used account.

To do this, You have to click on your reply button to reply back to this message and then you fill the information below.

Confirm Your Identity

Yahoo! ID: ..............................................................

Password: ........................................................................

Your Birthday: ..................................................................

Your Country or Territory: ...................................................

Enter the letter from the Security Image:
Just a couple more details...

* Type the code shown

This helps Yahoo! Prevent automated Verification.

FILL THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS CORRECTLY TO AVOID YcOUR ACCOUNT BLOCKED

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently....""

[rnbv424140]

Spam. I've been a Yahoo User for 4 years and never received that. Besides they don't need those details anymore if it was really yahoo. You gave it to them from the start.

[bonishah88]

Definitely Spam. They will never ask for details, they already have it.

[hellnoire]

Yahoo, MSN, etc, never delete old, still being used accounts.

So it's as everyone else has said: SPAM.

[safeguy]

SPAM!!!! Didn't take me a minute to figure that out...

P.S. I suggest you not to use Yahoo Mail anymore...their spam protection is one of the worst nowadays...try Hotmail (Windows Live Mail) or Gmail instead...

[hellnoire]

.... Come on, if you want a spam blocker king, we all know it's Google.. after all, it's Google who also drops it at our doorsteps lol.

[kavinraja]

Reason for a spam?
Sometimes i believe its merely to prove their ability but most of the times they are targeted towards acquiring your personal info including your credit card details...

There is no one in the world who would just contact you through mail offering millions of dollars... If you get something like that, just dont take a moment to detect it a spam...

Who create spams?
Some professionals???

[rnbv424140]

I only use Yahoo Mail because of chat. It's what everyone uses here.

[safeguy]

I use Hotmail/Windows Live Mail for chat...it's what everyone uses here...Gmail (Google Talk) isn't that popular in Singapore...