Also gotta be careful clickin on links in any email, no matter how official the email looks. Alot of times the link will go somewhere completely different. Hovering your cursor over the link will alot of times give you a clue to where its really going but im sure that isnt foolproof either. If in doubt sandbox the link or really just do what napoleon said and go to the site directly and do whatever it is they want you to do.
Good info!
If you or anyone knows anything about this lemmie know: I get emails from my own email address that are spam. I thought maybe my account was phished so i changed password over and over, checked my account and they werent being sent from me but it still says my email address. So strange and this has gone on for a while. I think i may have to give up the account. its a yahoo account ive had for over 15 years and man it gets some spam like crazy. my yahoo messenger on that account is constantly getting hit with spam messages too.