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Rohit Srivastwa [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
15 years ago6,950 views

I just got a phishing mail asking to update adwords payment details.
The link in the mail goes to
http :// www.adwords. google.com. apoldin.cn /select/Login

Below is thew copy of the mail
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From: Google-AdWords-noreply [mailto:adwords-noreply[put at-character here]google.com]
Sent: Monday, 26 August, 2008 23:27
To: user[put at-character here]domain.com
Subject: Please re-submit your payment information.

  

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Dear Advertiser,
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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.
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Please sign in
to your account at http :// adwords. google. com/select/login,
and update your payment information.
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We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available.
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Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords.
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Parts of header

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Received: from [70.154.234.208] by c.mx.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 26 Aug 2008 12:56:57 -0500
From: "Google-AdWords-noreply" <adwords-noreply[put at-character here]google.com>

X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353
Thread-Index: Aca6QSRDH4EQKH6KWCAHTARNRC62ON==
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180
Message-ID: <01c906b2$0e433280$d0ea9a46[put at-character here]flowerpuffs90>
Return-Path: <flowerpuffs90[put at-character here]yahoo.com>

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