Warning: Bogus Gmail Email Asking For Verification

[brahmburgers]

Email being sent to gmail account holders:

TITLE OF EMAIL: Unused Account Removal

DETAILS OF WHO ITS REALLY FROM:

from G.mail Team Service <[email protected]>

reply-to "G.mail Team Customer" <[email protected]>

to

date Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 6:08 AM

subject Unused Account Removal

mailed-by embarqmail.com

signed-by embarqmail.com

TEXT OF EMAIL:

Dear Account User, This Email is from Gmail! Customer Care;

We are sending this to every Gmail Accounts User for safety. We are having congestion due to the anonymous registration of FREE or UNUSED Gmail Accounts, So we are shutting down some Gmail Accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending you this email so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name,password,date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Gmail Account users and removal of all unused Gmail Accounts, Gmail Team Admin Service would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended after 48 hours of receiving this notice for security reasons.

*Username/Email ID:

*Password:

*Verify Password:

*Alternate Email ID:

* Date of Birth:

* Country Or Territory:

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Thank you for using GMail Service.

Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

Sincerely.

GMail Account Service.

Customer Care Admin...........

[joskydive]

Had almost the same script for Hotmail account too.

[spacemunk]

Lots of this bogus crap going around.

Thanks for the heads up.

from G.mail Team Service <[email protected]> <----instant give away

[mc2]

you got to be a sucker to fall for that scam,

actually google should filter emails like that

[webfact]

This issue (fraud attempt) is known for a while, since October last year I guess. There's more behind.

I strongly advise recipients of such mail to change their password immediately!

[Phil Conners]

Why should they need to change their password just because they get a phishing mail? That makes no sense.... unless of course someone is naive enough to reply with the username and password. Regardless of anything, NEVER give out your password. It's that simple.

Edited March 11, 2009 by Phil Conners

[webfact]

Why should they need to change their password just because they get a phishing mail? That makes no sense.... unless of course someone is naive enough to reply with the username and password. Regardless of anything, NEVER give out your password. It's that simple.

My advise was a precautioning only. To change a password is an easy thing. Like you should change your ATM pin code on a regular base, or your online banking password, the same should apply to email.

Google is not a fortress and I trust this forum is not only visited by the registered users but thousands of visitors. And I trust there are many who don't know about danger and trouble something like that can cause. IMHO...

cheers

Edited March 11, 2009 by webfact

[mc2]

i dont change passwords, I have a 12 character, random "strong" password saved into Roboform and don't have any need to change password again, and i use HTTPS when logging in.