Google Email Scam...

[twodavez]

I'm sure everyone here is smart enough not to fall for these types of scams, but just remember those in your life who always call you for PC advice, they might be feared easliy!

Email from the IT Security Team at my work:

DHS is reporting today that, once again, Google users are being targeted with emails purportedly coming from the Google Team, confirming a bogus recovery e-mail update.

The threat of a permanent account suspension is designed to trigger panic in Gmail users and make them follow the offered link.

The link’s destination is a page made to look like Gmail's login page, set up to harvest the users' login credentials for their Gmail and, potentially, their other Google accounts.

Google’s ability to allow users to use the same username and password for a variety of Google services makes for an extremely user-friendly experience, but it also makes the impact of a compromise of these login credentials much greater.

As part of good security practice, we advise never to follow links included in unsolicited emails and to make sure to always access the legitimate page by typing in the correct URLs.