If you are currently running ad campaigns using Google AdWords, you may have received an email that your Google AdWords campaign may have stopped running. The email is not from Google, it is a phishing scam trying to trick users into visiting a bogus website that looks just like the Google AdWords login page.
If a user logins to the bogus Google AdWords site, they not only have your AdWords credentials, but also your Gmail, Google Docs and Google+.
Example Email
Google AdWords
Your Google campaigns may have stopped running today (Monday, July 25, 2011)
Dear AdWords Advertiser,
For quality services and running your ads without any problems (Innactive account meaning Pausing your Ads) check your AdWords account regularly.
Click here to check your AdWords account now.
2011. Google
The bogus site “google-oa.net” was just registered on 7/26/2011 according to the WHOIS database.
Source: Sophos
Well, the site is not live now I guess Google has knocked this site down or may whois has done it by himself.
Hey hold on a second what do you mean by it was registered at 7/76/2011 is this a date? :O
Stephen,
Did I make an error on the date? Oops. I will, check and correct, thanks!
Scam is very disturbing, we need to be more cautious response to incoming email, but where they know our email address?
The site was fag why did Google temp stop its services ?