[Dermot]

Yahoo! will not give any information to you about said account as it is an invasion of privacy even if you say the account is yours.

The fact is it is that once you sign up for a Yahoo! Account you are then solely responsible for it, yahoo! offer the forgot password function as a liberty for you and if you cannot fill it in or they have changed your information it is your fault for allowing them or for having "easy" information to "crack".

Most companies that offer accounts stress how important it is to have strong passwords and offer secret questions for a reason, if you dont write these down or dont put down or something you will remember then no one is to blame but yourself.

I can't stress how important it is to watch what you do in chat and watch what you say, people who "crack" accounts can use certain information..

~ Your Date of birth
~ Your e-mail
~ Your living area (state/province)
~ Personal Information

...against you in more ways than one...like if i asked you were you are from...and you say texas, you narrowed me down to know your zip code by just a couple....i ask you for your e-mail to e-mail you...i have your e-mail..i ask you what age you are in jest and say im same age and joke about whos older and ask "exactly" when it's your bday...you answer...you might as well have given me your account at this stage...these are the kind of questions you need to be weary of in chat, this is why the "Secret Question" is so important as the info you just gave me above has me in your secret question area already...say you have a question .."my youngest sons name" and i ask you in pm...you have any kids? normally you will answer and if i ask whats their names...you more than likely will answer. (i hope you're understanding how easy this can be) Now i have your account details and the answer to your secret question...i might as well own your yahoo account.

Hope this is a wakeup call for most and hope you can learn to keep your personal information "personal" in future and dont click links that ask you to login to view someone pic's in chat, "Yahoo! Photos" is NOT a login service and NEVER login to Geocities sub domain sites asking for you to login with to view pictures.

Stay Safe and think Wise!
Happy Chatting!