Fake or Real
By Madhur Kapoor on Sep 15, 2007 in Google, Tech
Today i received an email from Gmail administrator . The email arrived from the address “no-reply@gmail.com” .The contents of the email were
Dear Gmail Member,
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedure, we have detected a slight error in your information.
This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address).
2. Submitting invalid information during the initial sign up process.
3. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of subscription due to an internal error within our processors.
Please update and verify your information by clicking the link below:
http://googleaccountverify
.110mb.com/verifymyaccount/ If your account information is not updated within 72 hours then your ability to use your Gmail account will become restricted.
Sincerely,
Google Mail Administrator
Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you have general questions regarding your account, please click Help in the upper right corner for the GMail comprehensive online help.
© 2007 Google Mail Corporation. All rights reserved
Now when i clicked on the link given in the email , a page similar to gmail.com appeared and asked for my email and password . The page is shown below .
I think the page appears to be fake as the link contains 110mb.com and you can also see an advertisment below . So what do you guys think , real or fake ?
Just but phishing. Safely delete that email message and **DO NOT** enter your Google Account password there.
I have a few posts on Phishing and protecting us from it over here:
1) http://lavanyadeepak.blogspot.com/2007/01/fighting-phishing-with-microsoft-tools.html
2) http://lavanyadeepak.blogspot.com/2007/01/spoofstick-to-keep-off-phishing.html
Deepak Vasudevan
Deepak Kumar Vasudevan | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
100% fake, if you have entered your password, surely the accounts is not yours.
The form POST happens on
http://googleaccountverify.googleservices.zampworld.com/gmail/index.php
this page, either it will store them into a file or will be emailed to that person directly.
so never try entering the username password.
Regards
Sriram j. Iyer.
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Sriram | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Definitely fake
Shankar Ganesh | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Email address is easy to spoof. Judge an email with the URL. That URL is a fake - no doubt about it.
It is possible to fake an URL - this is called pharming. It very hard - and very rare.
Binny V A | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Fake for sure.
The other details were taken care of Sriram. See the favicon. “G” is not there. Plus the advertisement in the bottom of the screen seals the fact it’s fake.
Ashwin | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Definitely fake! Recently I too got a similar one from Ebay asking me for credit card information.
Nirmal | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
100% fake. These people try to steal passwords.
However the webhost has removed the web page now.
bhoga | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Definitely fake! Don’t bother reading such emails.
Haris | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
What a sad attempt to steal your password. *sigh*
A good reminder that we all have to be very careful about our passwords.
Rohit | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Luckily i didnt enter my password . It looked so original though . Most of the people are receiving this mail .
Madhur Kapoor | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Definitely fake. My advice to you would be that if Gmail/Paypal/whatever ask you to enter information, go to Firefox/IE and type it in the address bar, rather than clicking on any links, that way you know you’re going to the right place :).
Rhys | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
I too among lucky to receive this mail ,poor fellow want my gmail details & sent mail on my yahoo id
rahul | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
I too got this mail today.. wonder where these people get email address from.. Thank god I am using firefox and it said as sooon as i clicked the link .. Its fake ink and it wants to steal valid info dont enter anything here
Hats off to FireFox!! 
Guru | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
its a 110mb link and you are asking its real or fake lol
once i also recieved a mail which said i ve won 1 million dollars something
Shashank | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
r u kidding, the link says its 110MB. LOL
ram | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
even i got this mail today and as most of us has mentions its absolutely fake.and we must remember and remind to all that any one who ask for your password shouldnt be given at any condition.
binay | Sep 15, 2007 | Reply
Had the same thing happen to me… I didn’t click on the link… I instead contacted the real Google support…
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The Olympic Blogger | Sep 16, 2007 | Reply
The fact that it contained a link to page on 110mb site proves that it’s 101% fake.
Spammers are really among the most creative kind.
jhay | Sep 16, 2007 | Reply
fake
~~Shwetz~~ | Sep 16, 2007 | Reply
That’s an old idea used on a new ground. Always be on guard with mails like that.
chuck norris dude | Sep 18, 2007 | Reply
Its really fake. See, now that page has been deleted by the 110MB. So we must be very careful while getting such mails.
Logesh | Sep 19, 2007 | Reply
Thats fake and its so obvious to any sensible net user! How stupid do those phishers think we are anyway!
Vijay | Sep 22, 2007 | Reply