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Phishing Attack on Google Adwords

Everyone has had phishing emails I'm sure, this annoying trend of trying to capture bank, credit card and other details has been on the rise for some time.

However in a distortion to the traditional mechanisms unscrupulous fraudsters are now sending emails claiming to be Google - claiming your Adwords payment wasn't successful asking you to login to your Adwords account (link supplied) and update your card details. 

As with all phishing scams the page you land on has to look credible - the latest ones we have seen are virtually identical in every way. The dangers in this fraud are not only would they have access to your credit card details, but having your Google Adwords login could potentially enable them to buy adverts with your account. 

With bid prices for internet advertising increasing at a rapid rate, large amounts of budget could be spent even in short periods of time.

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