Gmail warning losing account scam?

Robert McClelland · Mar 2, 2011, 03:58 AM

information.info43@gmail.com

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You guys think this a scam trying get out your password to unknown? I thought let you guys know on gmail

. Giving you head up.

**synthesis204** · Mar 2, 2011, 04:01 AM

Definite scam. Thanks for the heads up

Tipstaff · Mar 2, 2011, 04:58 AM

LOL! This ranks right up there with the WoW/Blizzard ones (yes, that's plural) I get every f**king day.

BTW, did you notice how stupid they were? They used a gmail.com account. Regardless of whether you get your email forwarded from them to another account Google can trace the route back to the sender/receiver. Idiots just pointed an arrow right to their own door.

Do yourself a favour, Robert, and send that to Googles fraud/scam line: abuse@gmail.com . You can also post to their "Suspicious Messages and Scams" forum too.

Cow_160483 · Mar 2, 2011, 05:05 AM

Clearly anyone who asks for your password is trying to scam you ...

Tyrsonswood · Mar 6, 2011, 12:52 AM

It's not just Gmail........

Dear Yahoo Email User

From: Server Control Room <info@yahoo.com>

To:

Dear Yahoo Email User

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1. First Name & Last Name:
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3. Username & Password:
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Takaharu · Mar 6, 2011, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

LOL! This ranks right up there with the WoW/Blizzard ones (yes, that's plural) I get every f**king day.

A friend of mine gets those, though I don't think it's anywhere near that regularity. He's never had a WoW account though

He has played a lot of MMOs thought, which I'd imagine is why he gets scamming e-mails for WoW...

As for the topic at hand, yeah, no company ever asks for your password or, at the very least, the whole password. Random characters, yes, but never the whole thing.
Always look for spelling errors (immportant, for example) and check links/e-mail addresses. information.info43 is a no-no. contactgmail.mywebsite.com... yeah, they could do better (random example).

Mar 2, 2011, 03:58 AM	#1
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,668 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Gmail warning losing account scam? information.info43@gmail.com ************************************************ ****************************** This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ********************************************** ******************************** GOOGLE TECHNICAL DEPT. will be upgrading its Mailing system with the Latest Anti Virus to give your Account the Ultimate Security Needed. We want to know the Active Accounts and the inactive ones as We will be creating more spaces for newusers. For us to believe that your account is still Active, Fill in the Verification Slip below in order for our Staff to check and make a correspondence with your details stored in our Database. Do you use Gmail with this account ?* Yes No Do you use orkut with this Google Account ?* Yes No Do you use Blogger with this Google Account ?* Yes No Most Immportanly The Details below is needed : * User name : * Full Name : * Password : * Country : ********************** Warning !! ******************** Account Owners who refuses to Participate in the Verification process after receiving this message will loose his/her Account within 48hours Automatically. ©2011 Google - Google Home - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service ********************************************** ****************************** This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ********************************************** ******************************** You guys think this a scam trying get out your password to unknown? I thought let you guys know on gmail . Giving you head up. __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

Mar 2, 2011, 04:01 AM	#2
synthesis204 Dragonborn Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,176 Rep Power: 97 System Specs	Re: Gmail warning losing account scam? Definite scam. Thanks for the heads up __________________ Donate the spare computing power of your PC to help to cure alzheimers, ALS, huntington's, parkinson's disease and cancer: Fold for HH!

Mar 2, 2011, 04:58 AM	#3
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 191 System Specs	Re: Gmail warning losing account scam? LOL! This ranks right up there with the WoW/Blizzard ones (yes, that's plural) I get every f**king day. BTW, did you notice how stupid they were? They used a gmail.com account. Regardless of whether you get your email forwarded from them to another account Google can trace the route back to the sender/receiver. Idiots just pointed an arrow right to their own door. Do yourself a favour, Robert, and send that to Googles fraud/scam line: abuse@gmail.com . You can also post to their "Suspicious Messages and Scams" forum too. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Mar 2, 2011, 05:05 AM	#4
Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,821 Rep Power: 300 System Specs	Re: Gmail warning losing account scam? Clearly anyone who asks for your password is trying to scam you ... __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!