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Google Technical Support Unit Phishing / Spoof Email

by 247Copywriter
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fromGoogle(Gmail) Inc. <customerserviceprovider2011@gmail.com>

dateMon, Jan 24, 2011 at 3:04 AMsubjectGoogle Technical Support Unit.
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Google Team Technical Support Dept (GTTSD) will be deleting some in active Accounts.We will be creating more spaces for new users, for us to believe that your account is still Active,kindly participate in the verification process by filling out your Login information below so as to make a correspondence with your details stored in our Database.

Full Name :

Email :

Password :

Country :


We are ready to Serve you better.

Warning !!
Account Owners who refuses to Participate in the Verification process after receiving this message will loose his/her Account within 48hours Automatically.

Copyright © 2011 Google Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

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No doubt some people will fall for this, be warned, it's a scam to get hold of your gmail account details.

I know it might sound bleeding obvious to some of you but no doubt a few could fall for this rubbish.

#gmail phishing #gmail scam #gmail support #gmail technical support #google technical support
  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Obvious yes, but perhaps not to the inexperienced. You may have saved one or more people from a big mistake. Thanks for posting it.
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    Just when you think you've got it all figured out, someone changes the rules.

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    • Profile picture of the author 247Copywriter
      Thank you Dennis.

      Same email just arrived in another Gmail account too, so it's obviously going to be doing the rounds this one.

      Hopefully, no-one will fall for it.

      I reported both emails to Gmail as spam.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Good idea! They can probably filter it out quickly if they're on the ball.
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  • Profile picture of the author georgiehadley
    I think most people are getting wise to this kind of phishing by now, but some vunerable / unaware people still send the details off to these criminals and if this thread only saves a few people its worth it.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    That kind of thing happenes LEGITIMATELY ALL THE TIME! You know how everyone ELSE on the planet handles it? They ask you to simply log into your account.

    Email is the least secure protocol ever devised. It was created for a CLOSED network. I'm sure google would NEVER suggest using it for this purpose.

    Steve
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