RE: Gmail Account Alert ( Verify Your Account Now ) - off topic

  • From: "Robert Freeman" <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:34:51 -0600

SPAM!! Don't do it!!!

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Syed Jaffar Hussain
  Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:15 AM
  To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: Fwd: Gmail Account Alert ( Verify Your Account Now ) - off topic


  Sorry for the off-topic. However, I just wanted to confirm whether its a
real one or just making fool.

  If it is real, why the hell Gmail team requires my password and other
personal information?

  Has any one in the list got the same?

  Thanks

  Jaffar

  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
  From: Gmail Team <mail.bot00934@xxxxxxxxx >
  Date: Aug 3, 2007 1:27 AM
  Subject: Gmail Account Alert ( Verify Your Account Now )
  To:




  G MAI L BETA



                           VERIFY YOUR FREE G MAI L ACCOUNT NOW !!!


        Dear G ma il Account Owner,
             This message is from Gmail messaging center to all Gmail free
account owners and premium account owners. We are currently upgrading our
data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused Gmail
account to create more space for new accounts.

           To prevent your account from closing you will have to update it
below so that we will know that it's a present used account.

                  CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY BELOW

          a.. Gma il! ID : ..........
          b.. Password : ...........
          c.. Date of Birth : ......
          d.. Country or Territory : ...........
              Enter the letter from the Security Image  : ........
859304

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

        Thank you for using Gmail !
        Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

        Thanks,
        The Gmail Team
        G MAI L BETA



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  Best Regards,
  Syed Jaffar Hussain
  Oracle ACE
  8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA

  http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/
  http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#hussain
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