GMAIL HOAX BEWARE - Do not give your details
By ronaldinu
@ronaldinu (12422)
Malta
December 8, 2008 2:46am CST
Beware this email is circulating amongst gmail users. Do not fall for this hoax. Your account will be stolen. Do not reveal your password and other details.
USERNAME, you are invited to
VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT
Sun Dec 7 10:30pm – 11:30pm
(Timezone: Hawaii Time)
Calendar: Username
Owner/Creator: customercare2000@gmail.com
Dear Account User
This Email is from Gmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Gmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Gmail accounts so we are shutting down some Gmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.We are sending you this email to so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account.If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name,password,date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.
Due to the congestion in all Gmail users and removal of all unused Gmail Accounts, Gmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
* Username:
* Password:
* Date of Birth:
* Country Or Territory:
After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences. Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.
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27 responses
@thecrazyjogger (3178)
• India
8 Dec 08
interesting
thanx for lettins us know man!
appreciate it
evyerone uses gmail nowadays
happy lottin n have a nice day
@idcoder (382)
• India
8 Dec 08
hey ronaldinu..thanks for mentioning it here and letting all the mylotters know about it...everyone should really take care before posting and sharing your password to anyone...never ever share your password to anyone...
this also follows for credit card and other bank accounts...
even if someone varifies their identity, do not share your password..
thanks
happy mylotting..!!!!!
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
8 Dec 08
What amazes me is the amount of people who fall for these types of emails. Is it just me or do we all not know that the only time you should use your password is if you are on the exact website and not via email?
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@Zezlol (409)
• United Arab Emirates
8 Dec 08
Improper use of capitalization in some areas, forgetting to put spaces after commas and some fullstops, the warnings message is part of one of the bodies (not a new line so that it grabs more attention), yep, looks about fake. The email account, as it is, sort of tells you that. Never fall for those scams. If Gmail really was closing accounts, there would be some sort of article about it on the internet at least.
Nice of you to let others know, though. 
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
8 Dec 08
As I always say, check the headers, put it on show all headings. It will tell if it is a fake. It is amazing that there are some people who will actually believe it is real. It sounds like the same email one gets from Yahoo (supposedly) that the world is coming to an end and we need to verify all yahoo accounts, so please send in your password and your information on this link . (Instead of going to the Yahoo page and checking it out for yourself.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
11 Dec 08
I have not across any such e-mail. But I am really thankful to you that you brought this important details to our knowledge, so that we could safeguard ourselves from falling prey to the pranksters.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
8 Dec 08
That is so obviously someone who doesn't speak good English and a hoax! I guess that non-English speakers would fall for it as well as some gullible people. I'll have to warn my mother, she has gmail and is very naive with things like that. Thanks for the alert!
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
•
8 Dec 08
Hi ronaldinu,
Thanks for lettins know know but at the moment I do use G-mail and I don't really know anything about it.
Tamara
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@arunmails (3011)
• India
17 Dec 08
Thankyou for your wonderful information, I had not get that kind of mail still now, but, in future if I get, I just simply delete that mail.....
@easterangel (139)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
Thanks for the heads up on this one. People can be easily fooled specially by a long letter like this.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
9 Dec 08
Hi there ronaldinu and thanks for sharing. Actually i think you have to be quite a newbie in the internet to fall for this trick as it is well known that both gmail and yahoo would never close their service knowing the ever growing earnings they are getting for this service.
@MizzLadyB08 (1174)
• United States
9 Dec 08
I just started using Gmail but i have not got an email like this one yet but I will look out for it. I also got a Yahoo who email address and i had gotten a email similar to this one about 2 weeks ago but I knew it was a hoax so I just ignored it an went on reading my other emails. The things people will do to try to get someone information.
@morningstar369 (495)
• United States
9 Dec 08
Thank you for the warning. I do have gmail and there was something from them tody I didn't open. I think it is something about making money on gmail. I will go deleat it anyway. It's a good thing to watch out for each other. Thanks again!!
@eclecticeducation (112)
• United States
9 Dec 08
Wow! Thanks for the heads up!!! It would be easy to fall for especially if you were in a hurry or your attention was elsewhere (children screaming in the background!!! lol!!!).
