{"id":1119,"date":"2008-10-11T14:59:43","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T18:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2008-10-11T21:30:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T01:30:56","slug":"google-adwords-phishing-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/11\/google-adwords-phishing-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Adwords Phishing Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received the following phishing email:<\/p>\n

\nFrom: \treactivation@google.com
\nSubject: \tPlease Update Your Billing Information.
\nDate: \tOctober 11, 2008 12:44:39 PM EDT
\nTo: \tmike@blumenthals.com<\/p>\n

Hello,<\/p>\n

Our attempt to charge your credit card for your
\noutstanding Google AdWords account balance was declined.
\nYour account is still open. However, your ads have been suspended. Once
\nwe are able to charge your card and receive payment for your account
\nbalance, we will re-activate your ads.<\/p>\n

Please update your billing information, even if you plan to use the
\nsame credit card. This will trigger our billing system to try charging
\nyour card again. You do not need to contact us to reactivate your
\naccount.<\/p>\n

To update your primary payment information, please follow these steps:<\/p>\n

1. Log in to your account at\u00a0http:\/\/adwords.google.com\/select<\/a>.
\n2. Enter your primary payment information.
\n3. Click ‘Update’ when you have finished.<\/p>\n

Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords. We look forward to
\nproviding you with the most effective advertising available.<\/p>\n

——————————————————————————-
\nThis message was sent from a notification-only email address that does
\nnot accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message. If you
\nhave any questions, please visit the Google AdWords Help Centre\u00a0
\n———————————————————————–<\/p>\n

(c) The Google AdWords Team\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The link goes to\u00a0http:\/\/www.adwords.google.com.vfikj.cn\/select\/Login\/ where a convincing login (screenshot<\/a>) and credit card request (screenshot<\/a>) are presented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received the following phishing email: From: reactivation@google.com Subject: Please Update Your Billing Information. Date: October 11, 2008 12:44:39 PM EDT To: mike@blumenthals.com Hello, Our attempt to charge your credit card for your outstanding Google AdWords account balance was declined. Your account is still open. However, your ads have been suspended. Once we are able …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1126,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions\/1126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}