Scam Gmail Verification Email is Identity Theft Effort in Disguise   - 5,948 Views, 2 Comments

Summary: A Gmail confirmation scam email is going around, asking you to verify your Gmail account. "Dear Account User," the request starts out - and goes on to say that you need to confirm your Gmail account, or it will be closed down. Of course, the language is wrong, and it wasn't even necessarily sent to your Gmail account, but still, people will be taken in by this scam, which asks for your account username and password, your date of birth, and your country of residence. Here's the scam reproduced in full - if you get this, don't reply!

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A Gmail confirmation scam email is going around, asking you to verify your Gmail account. “Dear Account User,” the request starts out - and goes on to say that you need to confirm your Gmail account, or it will be closed down. Of course, the language is wrong, and it wasn’t even necessarily sent to your Gmail account, but still, people will be taken in by this scam, which asks for your account username and password, your date of birth, and your country of residence. Here’s the scam reproduced in full - if you get this, don’t reply!

“Dear Account User

This Email is from Gmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Gmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Gmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.We are sending you this email to 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 bith and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Gmail users and removal of all unused Gmail Accounts, Gmail 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 within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username: …………………………

* Password: …………………………..

* 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.”

Scam Gmail Verification Email is Identity Theft Effort in Disguise

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2 Comments »

  1. لم اÙ?هم القصد

    Comment by mohammed alaskari — 1/21/2008 @ 9:43 am

  2. A gmail account is being used to scam businesses. The account is:

    moore547Agmail.com

    For further information you may contacte me or the company that processes my creditcard payments

    Solveras Credit Card Processing
    Terry Moore
    800-613-0148 X4358

    Thank yuou,

    Tom Farris
    Advance Signs
    102 Oak St.
    Lebanon TN 37087
    615 443-3753

    Comment by Tom Farris — 2/5/2008 @ 8:19 am

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