Yahoo account verification email

I have received an email apparently from [removed] asking for verification of my account and from my reading that if it's not verified, my account will be suspended after 24 hours. This is not an unused account as they refer to in the email. It is in daily use. This is the body of the email:

Dear Valued Member,
Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts,Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts,You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your login info below after clicking the reply botton or your Account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
YAHOO ACCOUNT VERIFICATION ALERT !!! (KMM69467VL055834KM)

Due to the congestion in all Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
Yahoo! ID Card
Name:……………… ……. ………………………… ….
Yahoo! ID:………………….. …. ……………………
Yahoo! Mail Address:……… …….. ………… .
Password:…………… …………………… …… …….
Member Information
Gender:…………….. ………………………… ………
Birthdate:………. ……………………….
Occupation:………………. ………………………… ..
Country:…………………. …….. ………………………… …..

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If you are a Yahoo! Account Premium subscriber, your current subscription will be canceled on september 29 2009 if you refuse to update your account. We will refund the unused portion of your Premium subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. So please make sure that your billing information is correct and up-to-date. For more information, please visit https://billing.yahoo.com.
After following the instruction on this sheet your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal
We appreciate your being a Yahoo! Account user. Sincerely, Yahoo! Customer Support Please reply to this message. This is a service related to your use of Yahoo! Mail. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of Web beacons in HTML-based email, visit Yahoo home page. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

You'll notice that the same paragraph is repeated twice, but a bit differently worded in the first sentence the second time. Each paragraph is in a different font and a different colour.

Don't know whether this is genuine or not, but I also don't know that Yahoo would ask for all the details given above. At the same time I can't afford to lose this account.

Does anyone know if this would be genuine or not? Has anyone else received the same email?

Thanks for reading and in advance for any help offered.
hedley

Bogus, BS, Phishing

Due to the congestion in all Yahoo users and removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts,Yahoo would be shutting down all unused Accounts

That is horrible English grammar, not something I would expect from a company as well known as Yahoo.

Also, if Yahoo wanted you to confirm something they would provide a link you would click on that would take you to a confirmation page, they would not ask you to provide your account information.

I would contact Yahoo and let them know about this phishing expidition. Probably not new to them but best to let them know so they can warn their customers.

Try here: http://feedback.help.yahoo.com/feedback.ph…//www.yahoo.com

Hi hedley, Unfortunately there are a lot of mass emailings of these fraudulent emails going "the rounds" at the moment. You did well to check before taking any action. It's best for you follow Ztruker's usual excellent advice. Regards paws