The Internet Marketer» AdWords scam http://theinternetmarketer.com.au Internet marketing commentary from Adelaide, Australia Wed, 16 May 2012 01:40:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 April fool? No an AdWords scam! http://theinternetmarketer.com.au/april-fool-adwords-scam/ http://theinternetmarketer.com.au/april-fool-adwords-scam/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:52:06 +0000 Pete http://theinternetmarketer.com.au/?p=538 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Happy Easter to all,
Don’t fall victim to this April Fool scam claiming your AdWords account has stopped.
The email even offers help to get them running again and even improving their performance – how generous!
dwords email scam Click to view enlarged image

The email link takes the visitor to http://adwords.google-sn.com domain (remaining URL details removed to protect readers)

http://whois.domaintools.com shows the domain was registered the same day the email was sent, and presumably the details are false otherwise I’m sure Ms Eva O’Brien will be hearing from Google shortly:

Domain Name………. google-sn.com
Creation Date…….. 2010-04-01
Registration Date…. 2010-04-01
Expiry Date………. 2011-04-01
Organisation Name…. Eva O’Brien
Organisation Address. 13343 Mount Castle Dr.
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Farmers Branch
Organisation Address. 75234
Organisation Address. TX
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

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