Email messages will not delete

I have 7 emails in my inbox that will not delete.. They keep coming back regardless of what I do to them.. I try moving them to spam, deleting...etc. When I delete them, they do temporarily go, but come back within seconds/minutes.. I am not able to open these messages.. It just sits there and spins.. I have tried all the cache clearing multiple times. I have even removed the app from my phone in case there a sync issue between webmail and the android app. To me it looks like a corrupt database on the VZ/Yahoo side.. These emails are all of trustworthy origins.. What is even more frustrating than the problem, is not being able to find a contact for Verizon/Yahoo.. Kind of sucks when you can't even email someone your issue.. I refuse to sit on hold and tell my story to 15 different people over and over.. Hopefully someone on here may know what to do.. I was hoping this would have cleared itself up over the weekend, but it is still an issue as of 2/10/14.. Problem started on Thursday 2/6/14.. It is only these 7 emails.. other emails will delete and stay deleted.. One more reason I am thinking a corrupt database on the VZ/Yahoo side.

Not familiar with your mail app. In many the app may have a delete local and an option on whether to also delete from server option.
Are you sure the mails are really the same, and not a spammer that keeps sending them.

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