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More Google AdWords Phish email

July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here is the source code from an email I just received from what appeared to be from Google AdWords. It is easy to determine this email was a fraud for several obvious reasons.
1. The “To” field was blank.
2. It was addressed to “Dear Advertiser” rather than being personalized.
3. The source code reveals a link […]

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Beware of “Google AdWords” Phishing

June 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

WARNIN:
I just received an email telling me my AdWords campaign is not running due to incorrect information. A view of the source code reveals an “imposter” URL. (The Subject line has a typo, whcih also is an indication something is “phishy”):
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From: Google-AdWords-noreply [mailto:adwords-noreply@google.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:59 PM
To: Frank
Subject: Your AdWords Google Account is […]

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