Is this Legit? Yahoo Groups Power User Program?

Question

I received an email as owner of 2 yahoo groups- did not specify which group- You've been selected to be a part of the Yahoo! Groups Power User Program. This program rewards the owners and moderators of some of our top Groups. You have dedicated a lot of time to making your group great, and now we want to give you something in return.

As a first benefit, you now have free access to 24-hour online customer care chat support. To access this service, visit our Contact Us page and look for the Chat with us live now link.

Seems to be a yahoo group of it's own- yet no messages in the group- is this a legit yahoo group for owners or is this some sort of scam?

TIA

Answer 1

I know there IS a poweruser program. But from what I gather your groups have to be in the top 2% to be a groups power user.  I got the same message and I don't see my groups really being in the top 2% of anything really. So I'm also wonder how legit it is. the only way to get to where they send you is there clicky link in the email. if you go through help like you supposed to beable to. it doesn't take you to a live chat page.  So I'm suspicious.

Answer 2

I too received a similar invitation today and was curious.  In any case, it looks like the only benefit is "free 24-7 live support online".   I confess that no matter how much I use Yahoo Groups, I rarely wake up at 3AM wishing someone would be available for like support.  :-\  

Anyone know if there is anything more substantial to it, like site management tools?

Answer 3

I have a number of Yahoo groups but some are attached to different accounts.  An email soliciting membership in this program hit one of them and warning flags went up as I read it.

All links and the email go not to "yahoo" nor things like "answers.yahoo.com" or "groups.yahoo.com" but rather to "Yahoo-email.com".  Note that other yahoo pages might have more than just "yahoo" listed in the address but Yahoo is always the final part before "dot com" .... this email does not.

I think this is a phisher.  It hit my most public profile and did not show up on my larger group accounts.  I strongly suggest not replying until other learn for sure it is not a very well structured scam.

If you get a copy of this email you can check for yourself.

And to be in the top groups think of a size of 1,000s of members with hundreds of posts a month.

Answer 4

same question here.

Is this legit?

Answer 5

there's a few groups run by Yahoo Reps, and this one appears to be one of them, and the e-mail and header I got looks to be as real as any Yahoo mail can be.

you can either join that group, take advantage of the 24/7 online help (altho I hear their kinda clueless) or ignore it all.

Answer 6

It would seem that it is legit.

I got the same email too, and was very suspicious, especially since no host names had yahoo.com in them at all, just the yahoo-email.com ones.

Well seems there is an official Power Users Group group in the "tech" section (though I can't find it via normal searches).  Adding it does show it in my normal yahoo groups listing.

And in it it tells you you can tell by going to Yahoo! Groups, clicking "help" in the upper right, and then go to "Contact Us" and if it shows the live chat link, you're a member.

So yes, it appears to be legit.  But their email could be a lot less phishy, I agree.

Answer 7

If this is legit, why do none of the links have a domain?  And wouldn't it show up on my "My Groups" page?

Personally, I'm dubious.  Also, I got this email on 2 email addresses registered with Yahoo, but not the others.