I got this letter in my junk box. i don't know how many got phised by this bullshit. Renew Your Account Now ! Dear Advertiser,This is your official notification from Google AdWords that the service(s) listed below will be deactivated and deleted if not renewed immediately. As the Primary Contact, you must renew the service(s) listed below or it will be deactivated and deleted. Renew Now your Google Search Advertising services. Click here to renew your account: http://adw0rds-google.com/select/Login.htm SERVICE: Google Search Advertising EXPIRATION: July, 28 2008 Thank you for using Google AdWords service. We appreciate your business and the opportunity to serve you. Google AdWords Service Please remember to input your AdWords username and password correctly NOT your email and password.
quick little search Registrant: DanTrapp 306 W 93rd Street New York, New York 10025 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: ADW0RDS-GOOGLE.COM Created on: 26-Aug-08 Expires on: 26-Aug-09 Last Updated on: 26-Aug-08 Administrative Contact: Goldmann, Marc incepatoruu@yahoo.com DanTrapp 306 W 93rd Street New York, New York 10025 United States (308) 299-5748 Technical Contact: Goldmann, Marc incepatoruu@yahoo.com DanTrapp 306 W 93rd Street New York, New York 10025 United States (308) 299-5748 Domain servers in listed order: NS25.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS26.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Registry Status: clientDeleteProhibited Registry Status: clientRenewProhibited Registry Status: clientTransferProhibited Registry Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Those been around for at least a few months. I almost got snookered. Luckily, I'm always logged into Google so I don't have to click any links. There are other ones out there that tell you re-enter your credit card info.