Your ads have been suspended. - Google Phishing Scams

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Date Reported: 4th June 2008	Risk Level: MEDIUM-HIGH

Email Subject:

Your ads have been suspended.

Apparent Sender:

Google

Return Address:

Google-AdWords-noreply < adwords-noreply@google.com >

Email Format:

HTML

URL of Web Content:

http://www.adwords.google.com. priosl.cn/select/Login

Location:

Russia

Scam number:

aa-7197

Comments:

Email asks you to confirm/update/verify your account data at Google by visiting the given link. You will be taken to a spoof website where your details will be captured for the phishers.

Google never send their users emails requesting personal details in this way.

The REAL URL of the spoof website is disguised as "http://adwords.google.com/select/login".

The REAL URL of the spoof website has been chosen to look very similar to the actual Google URL. Do not be fooled!

"Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords."

Dear Advertiser,

We were unable to process your payment. Your ads will be suspended soon unless we can process your payment. To prevent your ads from being suspended, please update your payment information.

Please sign in to your account at http://adwords.google.com/select/login, and update your payment information.

Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords. We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available.

Best Regards,

The Google AdWords Team

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