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Google Phishing Alert!

Just a few minutes ago I received an email from a colleague asking me if I knew anything about his Google Adwords account being deactivated. He forwarded me the email he received and after about 30 seconds I realized it was a Phishing email. At first glance however, it looks very authentic.

But three things gave this email away:

Number 1. It was sent from the future.

Number 2. It wasn't sent to anyone at all.

Number 3. When you hover over the link in the email, it doesn't go to Google.

Gmail, eBay and PayPal have started using DomainKeys to fight phishing emails. The three companies are working together to ensure that these phishing emails do not even show up in Gmail accounts if the sender is not authenticated. The official Gmail blog talks more about what is to come from fighting phishing with eBay and PayPal.

If you would like to know how to set up your outlook account to seamlessly work with Gmail, check out the blog SPAM and PHISHING - Your email

Posted by Cheryl Waller - Sales / Marketing - Kayyah.com on 07/09/2008 07:40 PM

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4 Comments on Google Phishing Alert!

JUL

2008

Cheryl, thanks for posting about this. There is so much deception out there. The items you pointed out are helpful to review when an offer like this arrives via e-mail. Our local real estate board just sent out a notification about scam artists too.

Thanks for the heads up, Cheryl. There's another company out there that is giving a false information about a supposed scan of your system for viruses. The popup tells you that their scan has found X number of viruses, etc. and wants you to purchase their product. The scan is bogus. You can google and find a specific remedy for this scam.

JUL

2008

Thank you very detalied information. I was able to solve my problem after I noticed dashboard 5 was require for it to run.

Gabriel

Any phishing emails should be forwarded to:

phishing-report@us-cert.gov

You get a reply back with a thank you and a case number.

Chris...

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