Rec’d this in my email today – it came in as a calendar event Invitation – it would appear to be a SCAM but with Google closing services it makes me wonder ? Clearly my gmail account is not anon !
[Invitation] DEAR ACCOUNT USER @ Sat 17 Jan 21:00 – 22:00
Andrew Peters, you are invited to
DEAR ACCOUNT USER
Sat 17 Jan 21:00 – 22:00
(Time zone: Singapore)
Calendar: Andrew Peters
Owner/Creator: verificationcustomer.link00@gmail.com
THIS Email is from Gmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every
Gmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions
due to the anonymous registration of Gmail accounts so we are shutting
down some Gmail accounts and your account was among those to be
deleted.We are sending you this email so that you can verify and
let us know if you still want to use this account.If you are still
interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your
User name,password,date of birth and your country information would be
needed to verify your account.
Due to the congestion in all Gmail users and removal of all unused
Gmail Accounts, Gmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You
will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information
below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be
suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
* User name:
* Password:
* Date of Birth:
* Country Or Territory:
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not
be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention
to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences. Warning!!!
Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks
of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently
Don’t be fooled with online scams, they really sucks! I got a lot of e-mails every now and then telling me some sort of winning but actually will scam you if you’ll attentively reply to them with your personal information.
amazing stuff thanx 🙂
Thanks for sharing. As I said in a post on the same subject, Google won’t ask you for your password in an email. No legitimate company will. Ever. Don’t give your password to anyone via email.
http://geekwhisperin.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/gmail-phishing/
thanks mate – yes we all know never to do the things you say – but sometimes people slip – even i have been caught with the MSN link viruus just recently – a message comes in and it is from a friend – it says something about photos of you and you go ahead and click the link – your virus has arrived – again thanks David – i checked out your blog – its cool 🙂
I know what you mean about really convincing malicious email, sometimes they are really crafty.
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