Google Awords E-mail Scam

[vselin]

Just received this.....called Google & they said it's a scam.....just wanted to let you guys know.....this is the first I have heard of it!
The e-mail is below:



This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does
not accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
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Dear Google AdWords Customer,

Please sign in to your account at Welcome to AdWords , and update your billing information.
Your account will be reactivated as soon as you update your payment information.
Your ads will show immediately if you decide to pay for clicks via credit
or debit card. If you decide to pay by direct debit, we may need to receive
your signed debit authorization before your ads start running,
depending on your location.
If you choose bank transfer, your ads will show as soon as we receive your
first payment.


We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available.

Sincerely,


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The Google AdWords Team

[kick2fix]

The scammers are out to get you, Vance!!

Thanks for the heads-up.

[vselin]

dude...i know!!!

i just thought it was really random.....instead of being from Chase.....they are now acting like they are with Adwords!

have you heard of this before?
when i called Google they said that they heard of this just a couple of times before.

[cactus_jeanl]

Vance,

Thank you for the heads up on this. It's the first I've seen of it thus far. I'll pass it along to the rest of our team in case they didn't see it here!

[sunil.lukose]

With so much phishing going on there are some smart services that you could use like phishing filters for ie 7 and Mcafee siteAdvisor will help you to identify phishing sites.

[cactus_jeanl]

Just a note, we are investigating this a little bit more, so if anyone else gets one of these emails, feel free to post here and we'll make a note of it.

Thanks!

[Joseph Domkowski]

I used to teach a course at a local college and part of that course was on identity theft. One of the biggest red flags that comes up to me when I see Dear Customer or Dear Soandso@someurl.com. If you see this you should proceed with caution. Most company will address you by the First and Last name that you have on account or some variation. This is a good indication that the email is for you, but not always, so when in doubt CALL SOMEONE. Call the company that you think the email is from, ask if they sent it.

[cactus_donnat]

Ebay, PayPal, etc.... now AdWords... these scammers never stop, do they?! Thanks for posting the news here!! Very helpful to alert others.

One thing I always noticed is that when you login into your respective account, on your log-on page there would always be some kind of alert or status message if there was something wrong with you account- sometimes you have to acknowledge that message to proceed. My advice would be if anyone receives an e-mail like that, to log into whatever service it was for and see if your account status or billing info page jives. In most cases, I am sure it won't. I personally love getting these e-mails pertaining to accounts I don't even have.

[sgusa]

I sent a copy of the email to Google.

[cactus_jeanl]

Everyone is giving great advice. You're all right: if you're not sure, send it on to Google for them to check. We've been hearing a lot of people are getting it outside of the forums as well.

Also, if you clicked on the link or think your account might have been compromised in any way, definitely contact Google asap and they will assist you!