CAPTCHACompletely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (trademarked by Carnegie Mellon University) is a word verification code which Yahoo! uses to protect users against spam or other unauthorized account access. By entering the code, you verify that you are a human and not a spam-sending computer.

You may encounter a CAPTCHA code on Yahoo! when:

• Sending an email containing HTML, links, embedded graphics, attachments
• Forwarding messages (chain letters, jokes, etc.)
• Performing too many failed sign in attempts
• Creating a new Yahoo! account

Note: If you are not able to see the characters in the CAPTCHA, click Try a new code. If you experience difficulty with the CAPTCHA code on a mobile device, please try sending the message using a PC instead.