Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'phishing'

A couple weeks ago we reported that more Google AdWords phishing email scams were being sent out. While those emails continue to be sent out, the same scam artists are sending out similar emails branded for Yahoo Search Marketing. Here...

Posted on June 17, 2008 7:23 AM

Over the past few days, I have personally received about six emails from a phishing scam asking me to renew my Google AdWords account. The email originates from customersolutions--ysm@google.com but is really masked from the server pacobond.com, I believe. The...

Posted on June 5, 2008 10:39 AM

Over the weekend, there was a new onslaught of Google AdWords phishing attempts. Basically, fake emails have gone out that appear to be from Google. The emails ask you to login to AdWords and update your billing information. Although the...

Posted on March 24, 2008 7:15 AM

A WebmasterWorld member informs the community that he accidentally fell prey to a phishing email that he assumed was coming from the Google AdWords team. While nobody else has been impacted by the email at this point, it's important to...

Posted on January 11, 2008 9:12 AM

digg_url='http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/014069.html'; A WebmasterWorld thread asks if an email his cousin received was legit. It basically looked like it was coming from Google Legal Support and made a claim that there was a civil subpoena between two companies. Due to...

Posted on July 3, 2007 8:02 AM

Last night I received an email from Jessica at the Google Checkout team telling me they were unable to verify my account and that they need me to email or fax them photocopies of my credit card and drivers licenses....

Posted on March 21, 2007 6:52 AM