April 08, 2010

Insidious bogus Gmail internet scam hits Australia

This is the latest bogus internet scam to hit Australia, this time targeting Gmail account holders:

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From: Account-misc@gmail.com

We've received a request to permanently remove your Gmail from our Google Account.

Once Gmail is removed, you won't be able to send, receive, or access previous emails from your Gmail address and lose all of your Gmail data.

Within one business day of this request, your Gmail address will be deleted.

If you don't want to remove Gmail from our account,please filling the space below for verification purpose by clicking the reply button.

Full name:
User name:
Password:
Country:

Your account will not be interrupted after following the instructions and your service will continue as normal.

We apologize for any inconveniences.

Thank you for using Gmail.

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It's time for the Australian Government to take immediate action against these sorts of spam emails.

Innocent internet users are being constantly defrauded by these Nigerian-type scammers who seek their personal and financial details to completely strip their bank accounts.

As with other objectionable internet material, the Australian Government has the clear constitutional power under section 51 of the Australian Constitution to force ISP's to stop these bogus emails at the border.

Internet users and their families are being hurt financially - sometimes losing their entire life savings to these internet predators.

It's time for the Government to act on behalf of all Australians.

Contact your Federal Member today and call your local state or territory police if you are a victim of these callous fraudsters.

A current list of Members of Federal Parliament is available at -

MP's: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/memlist.pdf

SENATORS: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/contacts/los.pdf

To let the Federal Government know that you want them to ban these scams, email the Federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy at: senator.conroy@aph.gov.au

Warn your friends about these scams, especially new internet users who may not be aware that these types of sophisticated frauds are operating in Australia.

You can circulate this consumer update by clicking the Email Post button below to warn your family and friends.