is this a real adsense e-mail

[blairsp]

got an e-mail purporting ot be from :
[e-mail]

is this a real google addy (before I reply)-just seems a bit strange

[ann]

Don't think so but expand the mail headers to see where it came from.

Ann

[Hobbs]

why ann?
no non Google employee can get an @google.com address
just make sure that you are replying to that address and nothing else.

but if it is asking for personal info or password or such I would be careful anyway.

[Eazygoin]

A sender of a message can forge the header details, so be careful, as it may well have not come from Google.

[Caran]

I got an email from Adsense in the U.K. and the address was

[e-mail].

I'm pretty sure this was a genuine email.

[UserFriendly]

The email headers can all be forged. Even the IP address may not belong to the real culprit.

I've had spammers attack my site's mailform script, and the IP address changed every time, probably because they were using a distributed botnet.

The only thing that you can rely on in an email is the target. Where are they asking you to go to? And never trust the text of the link, always check the actual href attribute. (Usually this will appear in the status bar if you hover over the link. Otherwise you can right-click the link and select properties.) If the domain in the link is not [something.google.com...] then steer well clear. [google.something.com...] is completely different.

If you're not sure, email Google on an address you know to be safe (not the one provided in the suspect email, obviously).

[jatar_k]

just reply to

[e-mail]

and ask if you are confused

[ann]

What type of action is it asking for? Be very careful.

I would go to the Google area it may refer to by the old fashioned way, not through a link in the email...

But, AAAh, we all know that don't we?

Ann

[hal12b]

I agree with Ann

Just log into your adsense account and email support and ask them to resend an email you think you might have "deleted". They will either resend it or have no idea what you are talking about.