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LiewCF Tech Blog: Fake Email Attempts to Sabotage Adsense Account

  • e-tech · 3 years ago
    yea, that is true, the adsense team is NOT as bad as some people say.
    I guess if you have a popular site/blog..click fraud tends to happen..cause of jealousy..etc...
  • PointRoom.com · 3 years ago
    Yeah..I agree
  • Planet Malaysia · 3 years ago
    Liew, luckily you found the problem fast :)
  • gobala · 3 years ago
    well after all their policy is "Do No Evil" :)

    I cant say the same for others like Paypal, Commission Junction and Linkshare.
  • doraemon · 3 years ago
    wow.. so scary experience.
  • irish · 3 years ago
    Another heart attack experience, thanks for sharing. It makes all publishers aware for another bad trick from others.
  • alang · 3 years ago
    So anyone say google ban them without any reason, is a bullshit. Google will accept your explanation if you're innocent.
  • low · 3 years ago
    that is the problem, lets say if i hate this person and i click his ads for a thousand times. what happen?

    I think google adsense understand and they do monitor the IP address. If ur innocent, then u got nothing to be afraid.
  • LcF · 3 years ago
    that is the problem, lets say if i hate this person and i click his ads for a thousand times. what happen?

    That's why it is important to always monitor our adsense stats.
  • Pinvader · 3 years ago
    can anybody give a guideline what to do if we got fraud clicks?...it mayb useful for newbie like me
  • mypapit · 3 years ago
    yeah, i've received the a warning from google once :(
  • Jamloceng · 3 years ago
    Been there, done that.

    I already got about 5-6 fake emails from "adsense". Nothing to be panic about.

    Ever heard about "header" details? By default, most web-based email service and local ( software ) tend to "hide" the details. Turn back the function and you can see who were sending you fake emails.
  • mr.eims · 3 years ago
    Wah.....erm..so..did the google team have proove to say that you send the emails?

    and..erm.. don't you want to show the emails meh? ahaks! maybe can give us some guide..huhu~
  • LcF · 3 years ago
    sorry, I am not allowed to quote the emails.
    what kind of guides do you need?
  • gaman · 3 years ago
    I think the title of the post can be quite confusing to some. Was the email really fake, i.e. it didn't come Google Adsense team? Was it a phishing attempt? If that's the case, no need to reply.

    But if the email is genuine and comes from Google Adsense but the concern it addresses is inaccurate due to click fraud done by people other than yourself than you've done the correct thing by contacting them.
  • alang · 3 years ago
    lol, I think you misunderstood here. The fake email is not from google adsense. The fake email is an email with liew name there sent to ask people click on adsense ads on his blog. Somehow, google know about the email and sent the warning email to liew.

    I hope you don't mind liew, I'm clarifying some confusion here. And I guess, you can publish the fake email so your reader can see it
  • LcF · 3 years ago
    @alang: thank you for the clarification on my behave.

    the reason I don't publish the fake email content is to avoid ppl misunderstand that it is from me. I will get into real trouble then.

    actually the email message is simple, something like "hey, come to *** site and click the ads".
  • gaman · 3 years ago
    LOL, I see what you mean, thanks for clarifying that. Good for you Liew, Google has this under control then :)
  • Crystal · 3 years ago
    Haihs. why people want to do such thing.