Today I was surprised to find an email starting with words “dear adwords customer” in my mailbox. It was weird enough, because I don’t use Google AdWords and therefore I don’t have an account with them. But even more strange was the fact that the email asked to use some URL which had nothing to do with google.com to login to my account and check “a new alert from Google AdWords Team” I supposedly received recently.
Based on those 2 facts it was pretty easy for me to guess: I have been targeted for a phishing attempt against my google account. Most probably if I had followed the instructions in the email, my account with google would already have password changed by hackers, my private info stolen and my AdWords account balance used to advertise some questionable sites (if I would have one).
So, if you receive some suspicious emails from Citibank, Facebook, Google and others on daily basis, and not sure how to deal with those, continue reading. Hope you will find this article useful.