Google Adwords Phising Email

[peterjhale]

Word of warning to all as I have never seen this before. My wife received the following email yesterday, if you hover over the link you do see a site hosted in China - be warned.

From: Google AdWords Noreply [mailto:adwords-noreply@google.com]
Sent: 21 March 2008 15:13
To: xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Google AdWords: Please Update Your Billing Information


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Dear Google AdWords Customer!

In order to update your billing information, please sign in
to your AdWords account at https://adwords.google.com, and submit your
billing information. Your account will be reactivated as soon as you have
entered your payment details. Your ads will show immediately if you
decide to pay for clicks via credit or debit card. If you decide to pay
by direct debit, we may need to receive your signed debit authorization
before your ads start running, depending on your location. If you
choose bank transfer, your ads will show as soon as we receive your
first payment. (Payment options vary by location.)

Thank you for choosing AdWords. We look forward to providing you with
the most effective advertising available.

Sincerely,

The Google AdWords Team

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This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does
not accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message. If you
have any questions after following the steps above, please visit the
Google AdWords Help Center at
https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=8336&hl=en_US to
find answers to frequently asked questions and a 'contact us' link near
the bottom of the page.

[sharpendtraining]

Originally Posted by peterjhale

Word of warning to all as I have never seen this before. My wife received the following email yesterday, if you hover over the link you do see a site hosted in China - be warned.

From: Google AdWords Noreply [mailto:adwords-noreply@google.com]
Sent: 21 March 2008 15:13
To: xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Google AdWords: Please Update Your Billing Information


------------------------

Dear Google AdWords Customer!

In order to update your billing information, please sign in
to your AdWords account at https://adwords.google.com, and submit your
billing information. Your account will be reactivated as soon as you have
entered your payment details. Your ads will show immediately if you
decide to pay for clicks via credit or debit card. If you decide to pay
by direct debit, we may need to receive your signed debit authorization
before your ads start running, depending on your location. If you
choose bank transfer, your ads will show as soon as we receive your
first payment. (Payment options vary by location.)

Thank you for choosing AdWords. We look forward to providing you with
the most effective advertising available.

Sincerely,

The Google AdWords Team

------------------------

This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does
not accept incoming email. Please do not reply to this message. If you
have any questions after following the steps above, please visit the
Google AdWords Help Center at
https://adwords.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?topic=8336&hl=en_US to
find answers to frequently asked questions and a 'contact us' link near
the bottom of the page.

We have had this and thought it was "big corporation spam" - Our adwords balance is zero and we haven't got any campaigns running at the moment.

Ignored...

[jinxjg21]

thanks for letting us know.