Be Aware of this GOOGLE E-Mail Scam

[Tronhard]

Even if you don't use Gmail, you should be aware of this because you probably know someone who does...

http://fortune.com/2017/01/18/google...scam-phishing/

Trev

[Donald]

Yep, picked this one up through another source.

It looks as though this is real and very serious.

[lunaticitizen]

Best practices:

• Please enable Google's own two-factor authentication. It's free.
• Before you enter any personal information or any account (including Gmail) information, please check the address bar and check if:
  
  1. The domain is correct (if it's Gmail than it would be, gmail.com or google.com)
  2. The connection is HTTPS (if you're using Chrome the "https" should be written in green and there is a message on the left of it indicated that the connection is secured)
     

If you follow two practices above you should be okay 99% of the time.

[Donald]

Best practices:

I think the link that Trev gave us shows that this is cleverer that that.

[lunaticitizen]

I think the link that Trev gave us shows that this is cleverer that that.

No, Donald. Even if the domain is correct and there is "https" written there, the "https" itself is not written in green and there is no message indicated that the connection is secured.

In the case that you failed to realize the things above, two-factor authentication would still render the attack useless. Even if now the attackers know your account information, they still would not be able to log into your account.

[Donald]

Good. Thank you for clarifying that.