Google emails

libra10

Has anyone else received the following email from Google updates this morning?


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.


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.


Does it look genuine? There are so many scams about and I don't want to give details if this is a scam.

It is from [EMAIL="customerserviceprovider2011@gmail.com"]customerserviceprovider2011@gmail.com[/EMAIL]

It came to a gmail account which I use frequently.

Would be grateful if anyone could advise whether this is genuine.

Thank you

kwikbreaks

Definitions of Pfishing on the Web:

* In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfishing

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=0c712aaf796b58f4&hl=en

libra10

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

This is the first time I've seen this email, and promptly deleted.

Much appreciated.

kwikbreaks

It seems to be a new scam as the google spam filter didn't detect it.

You can pretty much guarantee any "validate your account" email is a con if it provides a link or is as crude as this one in asking you to email your password.

One genuine one that provides a link is DynDNS which is rather naughty of them but there is nothing really confidential about their service anyway.

libra10

I thought it strange when I received this email, and would be very reluctant to give password.

My spam filter didn't detect it either.

Thanks for your help.

Best wishes

spg_SCOTT

These have been going around hotmail for years...I even got something similar on a blackberry messenger - "running out of usernames..." Uh no, blackberries use a hard coded "pin" duh...

macman

libra10 wrote: »

Has anyone else received the following email from Google updates this morning?


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.


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.


Does it look genuine? There are so many scams about and I don't want to give details if this is a scam.

It is from [EMAIL="customerserviceprovider2011@gmail.com"]customerserviceprovider2011@gmail.com[/EMAIL]

It came to a gmail account which I use frequently.

Would be grateful if anyone could advise whether this is genuine.

Thank you

Sorry, but if you even remotely considered that an email containing that phrase, and then asking you for your username and password, might be genuine, then you need to be extremely careful online.
Don't be 'reluctant' to give your password-just don't give it at all!

libra10

I agree and would never give my password.

Had never seen this email before and it wasn't detected by my spam filter.

Thought I would check on here though.

Thank you

macman

No spam filter is 100% effective. Although I would rate Gmail as around 99%.

hubert_cumberdale

i cant beleive you even had to ask that question

you shouldnt be allowed near computers you are a danger to your self lol

no in the internet world will ever ask for your password as it would bt probably illegal

and google would not have to have and email address like that just common sense tells you that

PZH

libra10 wrote: »

Has anyone else received the following email from Google updates this morning?

No Feeling very left out now :mad: