I was once a victim of this when i started my blog that’s was lately DEC last year.I couldn’t cry because a few money thats was there which I already had budget for then got sapped.
Apart from using strong password to secure your AdSense you also need to be vigilant because of the pshishers.
The new method this bad guys uses is “pshishing” it is a way of sending sweet words and link to entince people to click.
once the victim clicks on it, then the gmail account is in danger.
Here is the latest message they do spam to gmail accounts of bloggers.
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Google Adsense, while reviewing your click activity we noticed too many invalid clicks on your account..we have suspended payment on your account (ads will still show on your website, but you won’t receive payment)
Click Here to Re-activate payment on your account. Make sure to log in order to view or download the document
Sincerely,
Don’t take this message for granted because it can ruin your AdSense in just on click.What you should know is that AdSense can never send you a message like this to activate from .If you are confused, you can as well go to your AdSense dashboard to view the latest notifications.
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