Re: OT gmail alert -- spam or real?

From: "Wolfgang S. Rupprecht" <wolfgang.rupprecht@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 2010/May/06 15:11

jackson byers <byersjab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
from Gmail Support <useralert00@xxxxxxxxx>
to
date Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:19 PM
subject ALERT: Act Fast!
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
hide details May 2 (4 days ago)
Gmail Team is working on total security on all accounts and as a
result of this security upgrade we require all Google members to
verify their account with Google. To prevent your account from
disability you will have to update your information by clicking the
reply button and filling the space below.

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Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account
within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her
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The Gmail Team

You want to look at the full, uneditied header, not the highly redacted
message you forwarded. Follow the chain of "Received" headers to see
where the message really came from. The top-most one will most likely
be google receiving the mail from the spammer. The ones below that are
most likely fiction injected by the spammer. Discount every header that
was added by the spammer. Only the top ones added by your service
provider (google) can be trusted.

-wolfgang
--
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
If the airwaves belong to the public why does the public only get 3
non-overlapping WIFI channels?

It looks like the miscreant use Google mail to send the phish. Although
there does seem to be a lack of the expected number of received-from:
headers.

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