Is it real? A Google AdWords Alert from: “Google AdWords Team” ??? No, it’s just poisened spam. The provided link refers to a russian phishing site. So be careful if you read such mails and have a deeper look at the given URLs. Most emails with missing or impersonal form of address are fakes! In the following example you will see the full link-URLs, but if you use HTML-view for your mailbox its much harder to recognize the malicous link.

Our system was unable to process a payment for your outstanding Google AdWords account balance using your primary credit card. For the time being, your account is still open, and your ads are still running. However, we require you to update the payment information in your AdWords account very soon in order to ensure continued ad serving.

Please update your credit card information in order to trigger our billing system to try processing your payment again. If you plan to use the same credit card(s), please use the ‘Retry Card’ button on the Billing Preferences page of your account. Otherwise, please follow the steps below to update the information in your AdWords account.

1. Log in to your AdWords account at: http://adwords.google.com.session-38321822629426642583.91714264367654958782.sys56.ru
2. Click the ‘My Account’ tab.
3. Click ‘Billing Preferences’ link.
4. Click Edit next to the appropriate ‘Payment Details’ section.
5. Enter your new or updated payment information.
6. Click ‘Save Changes’ when you have finished.

In the future, you may wish to use a back up credit card in order to help ensure continuous delivery of your ads. You can add a back up credit card by visiting your Billing Preferences page or visit the AdWords Help Centre for more

Tip: You can review the status of your billing on the Billing Summary page, under the ‘My Account’ tab. If a payment has been declined, click ‘Payment Declined’ beside the line item to review information for that particular payment. Once your payment has been processed successfully, you can view and print an invoice from your Billing Summary page.

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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 visit the Google AdWords Help Centre at https://adwords.google.com/support/?hl=en_GB to find answers to frequently asked questions and a ‘contact us’ link near the bottom of the page.
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Thank you for advertising with Google AdWords. We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available.

Sincerely,

The Google AdWords Team

A short time after masses of spam mails in PDF format flooded the web, the next spam format appeared. A first flood of Excel-spam mails hit the mailboxes. Typical titles like “Emailing: investors report.xls” or “Emailing: detail invoice.xls” were used in order to spread another dubious penny stock story.

In the following you will see the original text of the mail:

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Turn € 5,000 into € 25,000
INVEST IN EXCHANGE MOBILE (Frankfurt: EM1)

Company Name: Exchange Mobile
Ticker Symbol: Frankfurt: EM1
WKN: 884090
ISIN: US3013051087
Friday Close: € 0,20
3-Day Target: € 0,35
5-Day Target: € 0,50
10-Day Target: € 1,00

“Exchange Mobile Begins Negotiations with Educational authorities in Liaoning Province, PRC.
Wednesday July 18, 8:30 am ET ”

“VANCOUVER, July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Arshad Shah, President and CEO of Exchange Mobile Telecommunications Corp. (Frankfurt: EM1), announced today, on behalf of the Board of Directors, that Exchange Mobile has retained a consultant to conduct negotiations with the provincial authorities of Liaoning Province and the numerous school boards within the province, for the deployment of its Parent Teacher Message Exchange (PTMX) mobile application.

PTMX is a part of the Mobile Application Suite for the Education Sector and will enable parents and teachers to regularly exchange information concerning student attendance and performance without using the student as the teacher’s messenger.

8 million students in Liaoning Province of China.

There are more than 300 million students in China (primary, middle, & high school), of which more than 8 million are in Liaoning Province.

Greater involvement of parents in education is a clear priority for both families and schools, but accomplishing this requires a committed two-way communication structure to support the parent-school partnership.

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ADD EM1 TO YOUR PORTFOLIO TODAY

“DISCLAIMER: This is not an offer to buy or sell any security. Deutche Stock Trader Press discloses that they were paid ten thousand Euros for distribution of this report. This report contains forward-looking statements. Please do due diligence before investing in any company. Best of luck to you in the markets this morning!”
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The Sense of Spam is to make money. The sense of Spamsense is to make money with this spam

This project is intended to be an AddOn to my HelpSense project.