Reporting Phishing to Google

June 19, 2008 @ 10:09 am · Filed under Adwords

A couple of years back phishers mostly targeted big American financial institutions, but nowadays phishing attacks have spread to other countries and languages as well and also target smaller companies, and phishing adwords accounts seems to be the target of the day.

If you think you’ve fallen prey to a phishing scam you should contact Google immediately through this form. You can also forward phishing emails to phishing@google.com

However, It is very important to stay informed about current Internet scams to be sure that you do not become a victim.


12 Comments »

  1. Mike Johnston Said,

    June 21, 2008 @ 6:57 am

    Interestingly, I didn’t realize people could phish adwords accounts. It’s amazing what people will come up with nowadays.

    Mike
    http://www.cmstester.com

  2. Amit Bhawani Said,

    June 22, 2008 @ 2:03 pm

    Seems Adwords has stopped checking the advertisers websites nor ads in the recent times :(

  3. jack Said,

    June 23, 2008 @ 5:39 am

    I agree with amit

  4. marley Said,

    June 23, 2008 @ 6:01 am

    adword is not at all good
    I like adbrites

  5. monster Said,

    June 23, 2008 @ 6:02 am

    I used adwords and my account was hijacked

  6. paul Said,

    June 23, 2008 @ 6:04 am

    I prefer private advertising rather than adwords

  7. Webtools & Tips Said,

    June 23, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

    With the progress of Internet to the other countries, specially India and China, this is bound to happen.

  8. content generator Said,

    June 24, 2008 @ 1:01 pm

    Is it really necessarry to report phishing to google? They do a pretty good job of catching these things themselves…..

    Anyways, great post!
    Thanks!
    I’ll definitely subscribe to this blog!

  9. Ezhil Said,

    June 24, 2008 @ 1:07 pm

    True; but if we report phishing mails, it’ll help them even more in protecting our accounts.

  10. hakan Said,

    June 29, 2008 @ 6:34 am

    I don’t know this.
    thank you. this information is very nice for me.

  11. Andrew Link Said,

    July 1, 2008 @ 7:44 am

    I didn’t know this too. It was useful

  12. eBay AdSense Affiliate Stores Said,

    July 1, 2008 @ 11:18 pm

    I did not know people could phish adwords accounts. It’s crazy what people will come up with nowadays.

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