{"id":364,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"'Validate-and-Update-Your-Gmail-Account-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Validate and Update Your Gmail Account Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEmail purporting to be from the Gmail Members Services Team claims that you must validate and update your Gmail account to avoid &#8216;Instant Email Suspension&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Brief Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe message is not from Gmail and you do not need to validate and update your Gmail account as claimed. The email is a phishing scam designed to steal your Google Account login details.<br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"example\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><br \/>\nDear Gmail User,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>As part of our security measures, we regularly update all accounts on our database system. Validate and update your Gmail account now to avoid Instant Email SuspensionClick here to verify your account<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Warning! Any account owner that refuses to update their account after receiving this email will lose their account permanently.<br \/>\nWe appreciate your cooperation in this matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely<br \/>\nGmail Member Services Team<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><!-- HSNet Article Center --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"5727909035\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Detailed Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccording to this email, which claims to be from the \u00a0Gmail Members Services Team, Gmail accounts are regularly updated as a part of ongoing security measures. Therefore, suggests \u00a0the message, you must click \u00a0a link to validate and update your account and avoid &#8216;Instant Email Suspension&#8217;. The email further warns that those who refuse to update as requested will lose their accounts permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>However, the email is not from the &#8216;Gmail Members Services Team&#8217; or anybody else at Google and the account suspension threats are just a ruse designed to get you to click the link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>If you fall for the ruse and click the link, you will be taken to a fraudulent website designed to look like a genuine Google page and asked to login with your Gmail address and password. Once you have submitted your login details, you may see a message claiming that you have \u00a0successfully validated your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the criminals who distributed these bogus emails can use \u00a0the \u00a0login details \u00a0you supplied to hijack your genuine Google account. They may thus be able to access, not only your Gmail account but \u00a0other Google services including Google Drive, Google+, and  \u00a0YouTube. \u00a0The criminals can then use these \u00a0services \u00a0to pose as you \u00a0and launch ongoing spam and scam attacks. They will also be able to access and misuse private information stored in these services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Gmail will never send you an email that \u00a0demands that you click a link to update account details. If you receive such an email, do not click any links or open any attachments that it contains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Google has information about how to <a title=\"Avoid and report Google scams\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/faqs\/answer\/2952493\">avoid and report such scams<\/a> on its help \u00a0pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]&gt;<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1802\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/validate-and-update-your-gmail-account-phishing-scam\/gmail-phishing-scam-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,578\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gmail-phishing-scam-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1-300x217.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1802\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gmail Phishing Scam \" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/gmail-phishing-scam-1-277x200.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: May 17, 2016<br \/>\nFirst published: May 17, 2016<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"Gmail Account Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/gmail-phishing-scam.shtml\">Gmail Account Phishing Scam<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Gmail 'Update Account' Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/gmail-update-account-phishing.shtml\">Gmail &#8216;Update Account&#8217; Phishing Scam<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Avoid and report Google scams\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/faqs\/answer\/2952493\">Avoid and report Google scams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/validate-and-update-your-gmail-account-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/validate-and-update-your-gmail-account-phishing-scam\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: Email purporting to be from the Gmail Members Services Team claims that you must validate and update your Gmail account to avoid &#8216;Instant Email Suspension&#8217;. Brief Analysis: The message is not from Gmail and you do not need to validate and update your Gmail account as claimed. 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