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We've had a couple of these passed on to us this week, and we think that this is significantly worrying enough to issue a warning to our clients who use AdWords.

There is currently a scam email circulating, from adwords-noreply@google.com sent from people claiming to be "The Google Adwords Team". The email requests billing information and user details be entered into the page shown. The link then directs the user to a spoof duplicate of the AdWords login screen.

The URL shows the standard Adwords link text, but sends the unsuspecting user to (parts of the url are masked for safety) http://adwrods.google.select.*******.cn/index.html (Note the misspelling of "adwords" and the .select.cn domain.)

We would like to reassure our clients that any billing issues are automatically flagged up in the AdWords interface and as such, we will pass these on.

About the author

James is an online marketing executive in the online marketing team at Coast Digital. He works on a combination of SEO, PPC and email marketing campaigns.

He has in-depth experience in the online world; having been involved with various online projects over the years, and has worked in digital marketing since graduating from university. 

Joining Coast Digital in August 2007, James has been involved with a number of our B2B and B2C clients, spanning several sectors – in particular finance, media, consumer electronics, technology and travel.

Speaking about the industry, James says: “One of the most important contributory factors to ensuring success with SEO is keeping on top of the latest industry news and opinions and to be ‘in the loop’ within the digital marketing community.”

He continues: “There’s so much information out there, it’s a real skill being able to digest the bits that matter, quickly. It’s got to be one of the most important industries to know ‘what’s going on’ in, and it’s going to be exciting to watch how quickly it changes over the next few years."

James is a certified Google AdWords Professional and is Google Analytics IQ certified.