@10:48 am cst got text msg "Tu clave de cuenta de Yahoo: 15709" displaying as coming "from 837401"
@10:50 am cst got call to my cell phone # from 408-610-4900 (didn't answer/no message; I didn't call back)
@10:51 am cst got 2nd text msg (again in Spanish - same as above) - except this one said "from 90633"
There is NO WAY this was legitimately tied to Yahoo:
1 - don't have and have never had any account w/Yahoo; and even if I did ...
2 - don't speak Spanish - so why would I ask for communication via text in Spanish ?
Whether spoofed, hacked, spam, scam, randomly dialed #, computer generated call list.....who cares when the recipient NEVER initiated any legitimate reason for contact ? (BTW, using Bing from computer: translation of the msg is "Your Yahoo account password")
I don't have a yahoo account. I doubt if everyone got this by mistake. If you're not sure, go to yahoo.com but do NOT enter the code you received. Chances are this is a scam.
Most likely someone is triying to hack into a Yahoo account, and then claimed that they "forgot" the password. In order to complete the change, Yahoo sends out a code to verify that it is actually you asking that the password be changed. When you go there and enter that number the scammer now has the password changed and can access everything in your account.