AdWords advertisers are being targeted by scammers with a new phishing email that is being sent out a lot. In the past 24 hours, we've seen a few dozen of these emails target various inboxes belonging to Liberty and its clients.
Whilst phishing emails have been doing the rounds for years, and AdWords ones aren't a new thing either, these ones are different because they are written by someone who can actually spell. Even though previous emails were filled with misspellings and grammatical errors, they caught a lot of people out, so these will probably do quite well.
With the title "Google AdWords: Please Update Your Payment Information", the plain text email reads:
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This message was sent from a notification-only email address that does not accept incoming email.
Please do not reply to this message.
If you have any questions, please our Help Center to find answers to frequently asked questions.
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Hello,
Please update your primary and backup payment information, even if you plan to use the same information.
Please follow the steps below to update your information and trigger our billing system to process your
next payment.
1. Log in to your account at http://www.google-mnc.com/Select/login
2. Enter your new or updated payment information.
3. Click 'Save Changes' when you are finished.
To update your backup credit card:
1. Visit the 'Billing Preferences' page, as described above.
2. In the Backup Credit Card section, click 'Edit'.
3. Re-enter your backup credit card details.
4. Click 'Save'.
To update your bank account:
1. Visit the 'Billing Preferences' page, as described above.
2. In the Bank Account section, click 'Edit'.
3. Re-enter your bank account details.
4. Click 'Save'.
Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords.
Sincerely,
The Google AdWords Team
