Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.   9/29/2007 - 1,824 views,

“Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently,” reads the subject.

Fortunately, the phishing scam is so poorly constructed and worded, that we can hope that few people will be fooled. But some probably will, and so we offer this sample of the new Gmail “you will lose your account permanently” phishing scam.

Here is is, in its entirety - strange wording and spacing of letters as per the actual email:

Subject: Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

G MAI L BETA

VERIFY YOUR FREE G MAI L ACCOUNT NOW !!!

Dear G ma il Account Owner,

This message is from Gmail messaging center to all Gmail free account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Gmail account to create more space for new accounts.

To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it below so that we will know that it’s a present used account.

CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY BELOW
Gma il! ID : ……….
Password : ………..
Date of Birth : ……
Country or Territory : ………..
Enter the letter from the Security Image : …….. 859304

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Thank you for using Gmail !
Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ
Thanks,

The Gmail Team

G MAI L BETA