I received this message last night which appears to be from the Google Adsense Team but is really from orientcasinos.com and designed to grab your adsense account information. The verify information link found in the email looks like it will take you to Google, but in fact, it takes you to orientcasinos.com – be careful!
Here is the email below
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Hello
It has come to our attention that invalid clicks and/or impressions have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled your Google AdSense account. Please understand that this was a necessary step to protect the interests of AdWords advertisers.
You must verify your account please login here (look like) http://www.google.com/adsense [but really goes to: orientcasinos.com/google/adsense/index.htm]
As you may know, a publisher’s site may not have invalid clicks or impressions on any ad(s), including but not limited to clicks and/or impressions generated by:
– a publisher on his own web pages
– a publisher encouraging others to click on his ads
– automated clicking or surfing programs, or any other deceptive software
– a publisher altering any portion of the ad code or changing the layout, behavior, targeting, or delivery of ads for any reason
These or any other such activities that violate Google AdSense Terms and Conditions and program polices may have led us to disable your account. The Terms and Conditions and program polices can be viewed at:
https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl=en_US
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies?hl=en_US
If you have any questions about invalid activity or the action taken on your account, please do not reply to this email. You can find more
information by visiting https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=57153.
Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
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Here is more information:
date Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 8:45 PM
subject Google AdSense
mailed-by soy.dreamhost.com
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Remember, this is a scam and you should not respond to it. If you received one like this, please leave a comment with a copy and I’ll get it posted. It will help prevent others from becoming a victim!