I've had two messages over the last few days trying to get me to provide my gmail password (presumably, maybe other stuff too, I haven't clicked). They say that my email address is going to be blocked unless I re-authorise it. As with most phishing attempts, there's a link that appears to be for a page on the google domain, but if you hover over it and check the bar at the bottom of your browser you'll see it points to a different address.

Gmail has an option to automatically report phishing. Click the down arrow at the top right hand corner of the message for options.

Yep ive had em too, poxy things!!

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I was feeling a bit left out - the last 'relative of a dead African dictator' to email was months ago and they were so unconfident that they were even going to let me specify the split of the ill-gotten millions! - but this week I had an email about problems with my Google Adwords account, 'please log in to your account here or it will be stoped [sic]'.

I don't have one, and I'm sure Google can spell.

They are a pain Anika, the phishing button is good on Hotmail and outlook. I really thought the old emails of my uncle owned a diamond mine, and could you send me some money blah blah were really a thing of the past x