{"id":68,"date":"2019-04-06T19:33:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"\"Google-Has-Decided-To-Close-Your-Account\";-Phishing-Scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Google Has Decided To Close Your Account&#8221;; Phishing Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outline:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Update Request&#8221; email claims that Google has decided to close your account unless you open an \u00a0attached file and follow the account review and update instructions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Analysis:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe email is not from Google and the claim that your account will be closed if you do not update your details is a lie.  \u00a0This is just one more in a long line of similar &#8220;update account&#8221; phishing scams.<\/p>\n<p>Opening the attachment that comes with the email loads a PDF ( see screenshot below). \u00a0The PDF falsely claims that you have been using an older version of Gmail and, therefore,  \u00a0you must \u00a0click a link to \u00a0complete the update task.<\/p>\n<p>If you do click this link, you will be taken to a fraudulent website designed to look like a genuine Google page and asked to sign in with your Gmail address and password. After you have supplied your login details, you will be told that the update has been completed and you will be automatically redirected to the genuine Google Account home page.<\/p>\n<p>But alas, the scammers can now use \u00a0the \u00a0login details \u00a0you supplied to take control of your genuine Google account. They will be able to access, not only your Gmail account but \u00a0other Google services including Google Drive, Google+, and  \u00a0YouTube. \u00a0The criminals can use these \u00a0services \u00a0to pretend to be 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<p>Google 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<p>The Google help pages include information on how to <a title=\"Avoid and report Google scams\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/faqs\/answer\/2952493\">avoid and report such scams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- 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>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Example:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5947\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5947\" data-attachment-id=\"5947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/google-has-decided-to-close-your-account-phishing-scam\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,827\" 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=\"google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1-290x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5947\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Google Has Decided To Close Your Account&quot; Phishing Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1-500x517.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-1-193x200.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Initial phishing scam email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_5949\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5949\" data-attachment-id=\"5949\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/google-has-decided-to-close-your-account-phishing-scam\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,727\" 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=\"google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2-300x273.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5949\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Google Has Decided To Close Your Account&quot; Phishing Scam\" width=\"800\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2-500x454.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/google-close-account-phishing-scam-2017-2-220x200.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of attached PDF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/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>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p class=\"date\">Last updated: March 2, 2017<br \/>\nFirst published: March 2, 2017<br \/>\nBy Brett M. Christensen<br \/>\n<a class=\"foot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/about.shtml\">About Hoax-Slayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\">References<br \/>\n<a title=\"'Validate And Update Your Gmail Account Phishing Scam\" href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/validate-and-update-your-gmail-account-phishing-scam\/\">&#8216;Validate And Update Your Gmail Account 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<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/google-has-decided-to-close-your-account-phishing-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/google-has-decided-to-close-your-account-phishing-scam\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline: &#8220;Update Request&#8221; email claims that Google has decided to close your account unless you open an \u00a0attached file and follow the account review and update instructions. Analysis: The email is not from Google and the claim that your account will be closed if you do not update your details is a lie. \u00a0This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}