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Internet Defense Technology » » Google AdWords Phishing — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:37:17 +0000

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By: jdmartindale

jdmartindale — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:31:20 +0000

The only thing a regular user has to worry about is unusual account activity. Same thing that my bank does when they notice unusual transactions, they put a stop to the transaction until receive confirmation that the purchase was valid.

We get a good story about a feature of Google’s working and all people do is complain that maybe their account, might one day get shut down for a couple hours because of a legitimate purchase? What is wrong with people?

By: Warenwirtschaft

Warenwirtschaft — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:04:21 +0000

I get these google-phishing mails at least once a week, telling me that there were some problems with my credit card. I must admit i was concerned. of course i am VERY aware of phishing and looked at the email-sourcecode immideately. But i am sure 99% of adwords-users dont have the knowledge to check it out that fast.
And if google already has filters in place to detect this, then there must be a lot of successful cases in the past.

By: Web Marketing Man

Web Marketing Man — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:51:36 +0000

I agree with you, Nicole. More information is needed. Forewarned is forearmed, one can not rely on filters to save your bacon, and I doubt if Google will be generous enough to wipe the account clean if something like this did happen.

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:49:11 +0000

I think that a lot more publicity to such scamming has to be given to bloggers. Perhaps a dedicated blog from someone knowledgeable? Any takers? Nicole Price's last blog post..Bag It!

By: Keylogger Guy

Keylogger Guy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:14:07 +0000

Thanks, I use AdWords and never was fished, but now it seems I must be very careful. I don’t want to give all credence to Google filters.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:58:10 +0000

I don’t think we or anyone has anything to worry about. Thanks for the story, I feel a lot better about using AdWords – I think I may have opened that email and logged in too.

I trust Google products (probably too much) and feel bad for the guy that gets caught using Google to run a scam – his poor websites wouldn’t have a chance.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:12:26 +0000

Yep, that was a good one from Google. At least this area I do hope that the s/w can become more intelligent.

By: PS3

PS3 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:36:42 +0000

I’m not sure how many other organisations would have been so quick to put a stop to that, would eBay for example?

I almost got caught myself with a mail about an eBay item that had not been paid for. It followed one of my auctions, very clever. Damn phishers.

By: Top Rated

Top Rated — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:51:37 +0000

Good catch by G for sure. They're software does seem to get smarter all the time. In this case, I don't think it would be a problem for a legitimate AdWords user. A quick email or phone call to support, would resolve such an ad stoppage pretty quick I would think. Top Rated's last blog post..Absolutely The Best Point And Shoot Digital Camera