Email Fraud Alert received from: Sergey
I recently received an email with this subject line: Request to terminate your Google Account has been accepted and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Dear Gmail Customer, You submitted a request to terminate your Gmail mail account and the process has started by our Gmail mail Team, Please give us 3 working days to close your mail account.
To cancel the termination request reply to this mail.
All files on your Gmail mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your Gmail mail account will be Denied.
If you wish to Terminate your Email Address, you can Sign Up for a new Gmail mail account.
For further help please contact by replying to this mail.
Regards, Gmail! Account Services
The above email was sent by “Account-Update” from this email address: infor@jelaqa.redha.intevox.net
I, Sergey, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Account-Update”:
Seriously? What brain dead idiot would ever reply to such an email – let alone the fact that it is patently NOT a Google email address at all.