Scammers Are Using Google Drive to Steal Your Logins

This might be a little duplicative of another subforum here ... but it can be used as a place to post "sightings" of a scam ... without posting a defense or solution.
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Re: Scammers Are Using Google Drive to Steal Your Logins

Post by 1-C » Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:41 pm

BigA, thanks for posting this (both here and at 800notes)!

Wasn't able to click on the link at 800notes (was on my smartphone then) and looks like it was truncated here … but did c & p the article title into Google Search and was able to see the screenshots there. Will post them in order below :wink:

[FAKE. (Screenshot: Yahoo Tech)]
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[ FAKE. (Screenshot: Yahoo Tech)]
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[Legit. (Screenshot: Yahoo Tech)]
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[FAKE. (Screenshot: Yahoo Tech)]
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It also looks like it's making it's way across the internet too! Found it here…

http://www.tutorials4u.in/scammers-are- ... stay-safe/

http://www.google-software.net/2015/07/ ... stay-safe/

and at McAffee's site

https://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/googl ... shing-scam

Fortunately I don't use Google Drive or even have a gmail account… but this provides a good heads up just in case I might in the future.
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Re: Scammers Are Using Google Drive to Steal Your Logins

Post by 1-C » Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:55 pm

Sounds like smart thinking at work ;)

I know if I were to use Google Voice (or whatever it's called) or wanted to save my search history I'd have to sign up for gmail account. Nah, I'll pass!

If I were to use something like gmail it would probably be yahoo as well.
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Re: Scammers Are Using Google Drive to Steal Your Logins

Post by 1-C » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:34 pm

Yea, I originally used a basic password in in the past too. But even before I took a bunch of IT courses and the like I started using the longer alphanumeric + symbol passwords on all the accounts (email and otherwise) I have. Had no attempts to hack into or hijack any of them since.

Like your father's saying btw ;) ... both true and works in other ways as well.
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