Another Google Scam?

[Pat-inCO]

Not sure about this at all, but I have had a gmail account for my cell phone for (I'll
guess) ten years. In that time I've had fewer E-mails, sent and received, than we
individually have fingers and appendages on our feet (20, for most of us) in that
ten years.

Tonight I received an E-mail asking for confirmation of the "backup" phone number,
should something "go wrong" on the cloud backup of my E-mails. - - - Golly-Gee
Whiz Batman, since I only have an E-mail address with them to get my cell phone
working, . . . . I . . . DO NOT CARE.

Is this actually from Google? I do not care (since I deleted it), but I thought it might
be of interest to others on the forum.

I'll add that my first impulse was to "correct" their information, until I remembered
the information above. - - - Be careful of anything like this, JUST IN CASE. :wink:

Peace and serenity be upon you,
until something more interesting happens. 8)



P.S. I may be the only paranoid person on the forum, but I'm comfortable with that. :wink:

 

[Mobuck]

I get stuff like that all the time for an email I no longer use and an old flip phone number that has been dead for at least 3 years. Just fishing for an unmonitored access to something else.

 

[Fox Mike]

I get those and immediately click on the little trash can.

 

[Rick Courtright]

Is this actually from Google? I do not care (since I deleted it), but I thought it might
be of interest to others on the forum.

Hi,

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean somebody isn't after you!

I've gotten those "requests" but they tell me to go log into my account to check (manually, no "Click here" stuff.) I tried that once and all was good. Otherwise, Google probably knows how many whiskers got shorter when I shaved this morning, so I just delete anything from them asking for more info.

Rick C

 

[Fox Mike]

Received one today that looked like it came from our bank. I know that they never ask for "verification" via email. I checked the sender. It was a real gem.
issac 93 @ lantaikayu .asia (spaces intentionally there). The average person would look at the heading, which is the banks, and think it was real and answer.

 

[redhawker]

You're not the only paranoid one. I question almost everything I get through email, text, or even snail mail now. I had one the other day where the bank that holds my mortgage decided to switch from coupon book payment slips to a monthly statement/bill they mail to the house. I called them on their fraud line, which I looked up, not trusting any numbers that were sent to me, and confirmed that yes, it was them and they were switching to monthly statements. Kind of sad that it's got to where you can't trust anything sent to you.