OT gmail alert -- spam or real?

[Wolfgang S. Rupprecht]

jackson byers <byersjab at gmail.com> writes:
> from	Gmail Support <useralert00 at gmail.com>
> to	
> date	Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:19 PM
> subject	ALERT: Act Fast!
> mailed-by	gmail.com
> signed-by	gmail.com
> hide details May 2 (4 days ago)
> Gmail Team is working on total security on all accounts and as a
> result of this security upgrade we require all Google members to
> verify their account with Google. To prevent your account from
> disability you will have to update your information by clicking the
> reply button and filling the space below.
>
> Account:
> Password:
> Birth date:
> Country:
> Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account
> within Seven days of receiving this warning will lose his or her
> account permanently.
> Thank you for using Gmail!
>
> The Gmail Team

You want to look at the full, uneditied header, not the highly redacted
message you forwarded.  Follow the chain of "Received" headers to see
where the message really came from.  The top-most one will most likely
be google receiving the mail from the spammer.  The ones below that are
most likely fiction injected by the spammer.  Discount every header that
was added by the spammer.  Only the top ones added by your service
provider (google) can be trusted.

-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
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