Warning to all GMail users! Fake email upgrades

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From 5ThirtyOne:

Important FYI update for any Gmail users. If you receive the following email in your Gmail account, do not follow the embedded link. With the recent announcement of Google paid Google storage upgrades, the following phishing emails will undoubtedly become more and more the norm.

More here.

–aj

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2 Responses to “Warning to all GMail users! Fake email upgrades”

  1. Jaypee Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 11:13 am

    Wow this one is really sneaky! So far, I haven’t received any emails like this. Thanks for the info! :)

  2. aj Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 am

    Yeah. Phising is one big problem. Look at Monster.com, they just got hacked via phising too.

    More here:
    http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/289649271812483.php

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