Beware of Scams and fraud involving Gmail addresses

Hi all,

Please note Gmail never mails you like this and ask you such things and Don't believe in Hoax mails from unknown people. This is a phishing scam.You may acknowledge us with the email address "accounts-no-reply@google.com" or "no-reply@google.com"  no-reply@accounts.google.com

Note:-If you  find any emails which ends with @Google.com So its not scam.its official email from Google.

All other except from this address are hoax mails which you can ignore them :)

Please read this article
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8253
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=184963


Google Employee Thread

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=6f24f902947a9e53&hl=en

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=3cd0daa6371ef1e7&hl=en

If you do not have a Gmail account, but would like to report a Gmail user who is sending phishing messages, fill out ->

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=abuse_phishing

1.Verify your account."(Don't reply)

2.Businesses should not ask you to send passwords, logon information or user names, Social Security numbers, or other personal information through email.(Don't reply)

3.If you receive an email message from Microsoft or any other business asking you to update your credit card information, do not respond: This is a phishing scam.(Don't reply)

4.You have won the lottery."(Don't reply)

5.The lottery scam is a common phishing scam known as advanced fee fraud. One of the most common forms of advanced fee fraud is a message that claims that you have won a large sum of money, or that a person will pay you a large sum of money for little or no work on your part. The lottery scam often includes references to big companies, such as Microsoft. There is no Microsoft Lottery. For more information, see What is the Microsoft Lottery scam?(Don't reply)

6.If you don't respond within 48 hours, your account will be closed."(Don't reply)
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=4a7ad2fb9018d43f&hl=en

These messages convey a sense of urgency so that you'll respond immediately without thinking. A phishing email message might even claim that your response is required because your account might have been compromised.

You may report some phishing site to below link
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/

Common scams and how to recognize them:--
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/gmail/XwkTZRRrMdA


Thanks
Ankit

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