[boxby]

Is this a phising expedition or is this genuine;

It has actually come through to my adwords email, and not just my domain.



Google would like to offer you the chance to receive £100 free AdWords advertising by recommending a friend, or a trusted business contact to the benefits of Google AdWords. This friend must not be an existing AdWords advertiser, or related to your business in some way, for example through being in the same group of companies.
By submitting your details via the link below you will receive a £50 Gift Voucher to pass to your referral so they can try out Google AdWords. The voucher includes a unique code so you should only forward it to one referral. When your referral activates a new AdWords account, inputs the Gift Voucher code, spends the £50 voucher together with an additional £100, you will receive a credit entitling you to £100 free advertising through your existing AdWords account.
Sound good? All you need to do is enter your AdWords login email and Customer ID and we will send you an email containing the £50 Gift Voucher which you can simply forward to your referral’s email address. You should only do this if you have your referral’s consent.
You could enjoy £100 free advertising in addition to helping your referral grow their business online with Google AdWords.
To take up this offer please visit this site. The site will close on 14 June 2008.
If you have more than one company you would like to refer you can visit the link again and we will send you an additional Gift Voucher to pass on. You can visit the site up to 10 times. For every new account you have referred you could receive £100 towards your advertising costs.
Full terms and conditions applicable to this promotion are available here.

Unsubscribe: If you do not wish to receive communications like this in the future please unsubscribe by adjusting your account preferences. adwords.google.co.uk/support/bin/answer.py?answer=41098

[Dotwhack]

I'm not sure how genuine it is - personally I'd ring your google account handler and ask them to confirm it's real....

[freelancer]

well, its all to real google sites e.t.c, what was the email it was from?

if it was something@google.com / .co.uk, then this looks pretty real.

Usually spam sites will put a links text as http://paypal.com say, when in actual fact it goes to their own dodgy site, like westealallyourmoneyandreuseitfundbadness.com

[Case]

I'd say it was real.

So (just from skimming through) you have to get someone else to sign up, who then has to spend £100 before you get your £100?

Fair enough. Sound legit to me and a good deal for Google & you.

[boxby]

I just wondered, as I've had a lot of "your google account is suspended" phising email recently, and wondered if said baddies had smartened up their act.

[freelancer]

Originally Posted by boxby

I just wondered, as I've had a lot of "your google account is suspended" phising email recently, and wondered if said baddies had smartened up their act.

sure, I understand, you can never be too safe I get them with PayPal, eBay, Escrow, everything really

[Alex Upstream]

looks legit, but definitely worth contacting your account manager

[Acknowledged Web]

I've never heard of this from Google before, so I'd be inclined to disbelieve it.

[GreenSquid]

I get them through frequently - they are genuine

[sabian1982]

Well Microsoft have launched a new service on the shopping side of PPC and marketing so it stands to reason that Google needs something new to market both for promotion and to attract further signups and interest in their products.