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More Google AdWords Phish email

July 22nd, 2008  Written by: Frank Okun --> · 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 ref code from MSN’s AdCenter:

<link id=”Link1″ rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”https://adcenter.microsoft.com/Shared/Styles/jupiter.css”></link>

4. The link to G”Renew your oogle AdWords account” is not a Google URL:

<a href=”http://sellect-words.com/ad.words.google/Login.htm” target=”_blank”>Renew Now your Google Search Advertising services.</a>

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