Christmas card from Google Adsense

Of course, done in the worst possible way :(

[leadegroot]

Just got an email christmas card from Google Adsense - specifically marked as the Sydney crew.
Unfortunately, it looks like spam. What are they thinking?

Dear {this bit was blank},
You have just received a message from Google AdSense Team at Visual Jazz.
To view your message, please visit the following address:
{redacted, but the domain included a subdomain 'marketing' and a domain appropriate to the company name above, followed by a long alphanumeric pagename}
To unsubscribe, reply to this email and change the subject to be: unsubscribe

and then some 'trouble viewing' instructions.

(I'm assuming including this is ok by WebmasterWorld TOS, as its a broadcast email, not an individual one)

I clicked it very tentatively, ready to close it fast. I'm on OSX, so I am fairly safe. I would not have opened it if I was using Windows.

And, yes, I agree it could just be spam, but it came to the correct email address for adsense usage, and its not a default email so - my conclusion is: probably legit.
But what on earth is a "Google AdSense Team at Visual Jazz"?
Has there been a buyout we didn't hear about? hehe ;)

[climbingrose]

Here is what I got today from Google Adsense in Sydney:

This festive season Google is giving you the gift of search, with 15 tips for optimising your website over the break.

Click "Ready Set Ho" below to see Santa's suggestions for search and enjoy a very happy holidays!

[Scurramunga]

Yes, I receive it too but I haven't downloaded the email from the server because I thought it looked sus. Maybe I'll just delete instead of download.

[IanCP]

Use Mailwasher like I do. I have the "paid for" version. It simply downloads the first 20 lines and it always tells you what the "real" links are.

I delete 95+% of mail directly from the server with it, including the usual "me too's".

Wouldn't leave home without it. A god send!

Just a very satisfied user.

[HuskyPup]

I use Popcorn,it's free, and like IanCP delete all unnecessary mail directly from the server. The huge advantage of it is that you can have it loaded on a flash drive and access from any WIN PC USB anywhere.

[Scurramunga]

I use PopMonitor, it will read as many lines as you set in the prefs as well as the headers. it even allows you to auto block/delete or bounce emails back to sender.

[markis00]

I liked the gift they sent out last time (the usb devices for the lappy). those were really cool. I sold my friend the mouse for $10 and he loved it until it died. I would had liked a gift again this year :(