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BEWARE Google VERIFICATION
Friday 8th July 2011
BE VERY CAREFUL OVER PASSWORD VERIFICATION REQUESTS
Going into emails has become as traditional as opening the office mail. But be very careful if a Google account asks you for a "verification." Click here and enter your password. It looks fairly reasonable and who wants their email account closed just like that? So you do as politely requested. Then as the doubt crosses you mind that you may have been suckered. You go for some help from Google, which never seems to be a person just a chunk of web materials. In fact its not only your email information that can be heisted but any other use of that password is now vulnerable and your internet security compromised. Start changing that password fast for safety.
This is what Google says about the matter. "If you receive a mail that threatens account termination/suspension do not answer - it is a scam!"
ComputeScotland says Google might have notified me before the password lifters arrived!! It's the PayPal scam all over again, though that one was reasonably transparent.
If you receive a mail that politely requests verification - do not answer that either, it is also a scam! As for reporting the scam....you will be lucky to find the little arrow button and you will be putting your information at risk by not changing that password as fast as possible.
"Gmail will never send you a mail threatening account termination or lockdown. If the Gmail team needs to communicate with you, we will send you to a special web page when you next log in, or show a short "message bar" at the top of the Gmail web page.
"You can report these messages to us by clicking the little arrow button in the top right of the mail, then "Report Phishing".
*** EXAMPLE SCAM MESSAGE ***
Due to the congestion in all Gmail users and removal of all unused Gmail Accounts. Gmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, you will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
* User name: ....................
* Password: ......................
* Date of Birth: ....................
* Country Or Territory: ....................
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