Gmail.com Scam Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

I'm an avid gmail user, so this is good to know.

Good alert, thanks for posting this!

It's a shame that phishing has become so widespread, and slightly alarming that it HAS, as it seems it wouldn't unless people were actually falling for these scams.

Typos and bad grammar are always a dead giveaway. You can also hover your cursor over any link and see where it REALLY takes you.

I don't know if gmail/google has a "spoof" department, but many major domains do. For example, I always forward PayPal phishes to "spoof@paypal.com."

Thanks for the heads up

jimmy - good article. if gmail ever wants to check to see if an account is active they will actually not email you they will just check their logs.

Yes the trouble with this sort of email is that most people are honest and gullible and they catch those type of people. They believe they will lose out if they do not do it.

I nearly got caught with ebay like that. Because they told me I would not be able to sell on ebay anymore. And at first I thought it was true because they had all there letterheads insignias etc. But that's how smart they are.

I even had someone get in and say that I had sold them a laptop. I didn't own one at that stage. But ebay soon sorted them out. Everyone needs to be wary and never ever give any details to anyone on the emails. Good hub

Gmail, Paypal, Ebay, bank, credit card company... no one will ask you to send your A/c number/user name/password.

If you receive anything like that, it might be a phishing Scam! Beware!

I have five in three days, I send it to the authorities and never hear another jingle about it

Great hub

Thanks so much for posting that for all of us. The grammar in that email is laughable, but who knows who might not be paying attention and fall for it anyway?

Great hub, thanks for warning everyone!

And nice Xmas profile pic!

Jimmy, thanks for the warning. I have learned to ignore all such requests and never respond to these emails. I did get tricked by one of these phishing emails when they first started. I was visting family out of town and while checking my AOL email on my brother-in-law's PC I responded to an email supposedly from AOL asking me to update their files with more info which I did.

I had a big scare the next day when I ran across an article about the scam in a newspaper on the plane on the way home. Fortunately, AOL took steps to limit the damage before any attacks were made on my account. Since then, I have always made it a point to open a new browser window and access my accounts directly when I receive such an email and think that it might be legitimate. Of course, I always discover that the emails never are legitimate but this has saved me from divulging information about my PayPal, eBay, bank accounts, credit card accounts, etc. to these characters.

Thans for the great Hub, Jimmy and best wishes from my family to yours for Christmas and the coming year.

Chuck

thanks for the heads up. I almost do what the email asked.

ha ha ha I was right, I recently got this on msn and was obviously fake considering their spelling...

This is good information. I have a question? How can you verify a gmail acct? Another person sends you an advertisement from a gmail address? Does google verify all of their acct holders before issuing accts or what?

Very Good Information, thanks a lot, it will help.

i just received this one today, the only difference is that it came to my hotmail account.

I just got this today. They have cleaned up the language and spacing, but still ask the same basic questions. They claim it is for congestion.

This scam has now moved onto hotmail. It is exactly the same error code and comes from either monkeysislandjacinto@hotmail.com or teamlivewindow@hotmail.com

Clever to use the email teamlivewindow (notice the singular window)

Thanks for sharing. It is useful for me.

Thank you for the imformation. I doubt on dat because i receive this mail today sent by some verizon domain. If gmail sent this mail, why gmail use own main domain instead of verizon. Neway thanx for the imformation. It will really helpful to unknown and other person.

Thank You again.

Fortunately the very look at the mail can get one suspicious about the authenticity. But many times scams look real as the real ones and people come with new ideas of fooling people. Thanks for the Hub. We all need to be aware of what is going around.

I just got the mail this morning. and got freaked out!

thanks for your post though.

I think they have upgraded their forms again.. no need to verify the code anymore. Hahaha!

they really need to eliminate these people. i have been job searching and they send emails wanting men to obtain my own credit reports. i would have to enter all my info ssn and all decided not to answer them . they raise your hopes of a job interview. that's so wrong

Just received the same email today except it was with my hotmail account.

I just got this email for google account. Thank you for your site, MAT

thanks for the heads up. just got my message. shifty bastards.

Glad you posted this. I received this email today and, although I'm no sucker, I did wonder for a moment after I googled "Gmail Account Deletion" and found a lot of threads talking about how their accounts were deleted. It was only when I Googled the warning code that I came upon this thread. Should Google, at least on their Official Blog, address this? Thanks.

Oh I answered it OK. MTL they won't like what I told them though. :>)

this is also in yahoo, please watch out

Just received this with the 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. signed: The Gmail Team G MAIL beta

Thanks for the watchful eye.

Joseph

Hey!! I just got this e-mail and searched "Warning Code: VX2G99AAJ" because it's obviously a hoax and I was wondering how many people were getting it. Your site came up first! :)

what happens if you respond. i got a bounce back. does someone still get it

I recently stayed at a hotel with complimentary wireless and while there received the above gmail request. At first I was going to submit the info then decided to investigate further. Thanks for this info. Do you think it had anything to do with the unsecured wireless connection? Thanks again.

thank you for this information. i am glad i have to do my research when i got this email, i also thought that the GMAIL color is weird and the email looks very unprofessional. it is always good to be careful. thank you for posting this, i got my answer.

i got this same scam on my yahoomail...glad to know this man

I got the hotmail version 13 days ago and my account is still active

check this out i received this mail for my yahoo account

Dear Yahoo email Owner,

This message is from Account Webmaster messaging center to all yahoo

account owners.

We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center.

We are deleting all unused email 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.

To complete your Email account upgrade,you must reply to this email

immediately and enter your login informations below.

Name:

Email address:

password:

Alternative email:

password:

NOTE : Failure to do this will immediately render your email address

deactivated from our database.

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 yahoo Gateway.

Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

Thanks,

Yahoo Email Center.

this was e-mailed to me today...

Dear Shaw Webmail Account User,

This message is from Shaw.CA Webmail messaging center to all Shaw.CA

Webmail account users. We are currently upgrading our data base and

e-mail account center. We are deleting all email accounts due to

congestion just to create more space for new accounts.

To prevent your account from being deleted you will have to update it by

providing the below information so that we will know that it's a present

used account. We have been sending this notice to all our email account

owners and this is the last notice/verification exercise.

CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL IDENTITY BELOW

Email Address : ...............

EMAIL Password : ................

Date of Birth : .................

Country or Territory : ..........

Warning!!!: Account owner that refuses to update his or her account within

Three days of receiving this warning will lose his or her account

permanently.

Thank you for using Our Webmail.

Warning Code:VX2G99AAJ

Thanks,

Shaw.CA Webmail Team.

Estimado usuario de la cuenta

Este correo electrónico es de Hotmail Atención al cliente y la estamos enviando a todos los correos electrónicos de Hotmail Cuentas de usuario Propietario para su verificación. Debido a las congestiones reciente al registro anónimo de las cuentas de Hotmail, estamos cerrando algunas cuentas de Hotmail. Su cuenta se alistó entre los que se elimina.

Este correo electrónico se envía para su verificación y actualización de saber si todavía quiere mantenerse esta cuenta. Si usted todavía está interesado por favor confirme los detalles de su cuenta y nos proporcione los detalles a continuación es decir, inmediatamente Su nombre de usuario, contraseña, fecha de nacimiento y la información de su país sería necesario para verificar su cuenta.

Hotmail sería cerrar todas las cuentas no utilizadas, Usted tendrá que confirmar su dirección de e-mail completando su información de registro a continuación tras hacer clic en el botón de respuesta, o su cuenta será suspendida a las 24 horas por razones de seguridad.

* Nombre de usuario:

* Contraseña:

* Fecha de nacimiento:

* País o territorio:

Una vez recibida la información solicitada anteriormente, la verificación de su cuenta se completará inmediatamente con su cuenta sin interrupciones y sin alteraciones. Gracias por su atención a esta solicitud. Nos disculpamos por cualquier inconveniente.

Advertencia! titular de la cuenta que se niega a actualizar su cuenta después de la recepción de este correo es la conciliación de cuentas Laible a perder la cuenta de forma permanente.

Atentamente,

El Windows Live Hotmail Equipo

I just received one today stating the exact same as above but for Hotmail instead!

Just got the same kind of warning on my msn. This is aweful. So glad I found this site.

thnx for sharing Jimmy love to follow u

I don't think that there is anyone on this planet that doesn't realize that because of googles non- enforcement of spam policies, it has become 'the scammers paradise'.