
And It's Hard To Catch!
Warning: If you receive an email with the subject "Documents," and it directs you to a webpage that looks like a Google Drive sign-in page,
do not enter your information.
It's likely a new phishing scam, in which a thief creates a fake portal that asks for people's private information and then steals it.
(Netflix recently faced a similar issue...I did report on it)
This one uses fake Google Dive landing pages to get your Gmail address and
cyber security company Symantec's official blog reported last Thursday.
You're meant to think that the documents you'll be viewing are on Google Docs
and that you need to sign in to see them. Remember, though, it's all a scam.
"We've removed the fake pages and our abuse team is working to prevent this kind of spoofing from happening again," a representative from Google tells
The Huffington Post. "If you think you may have accidentally given out your account information, please reset your password."
If you were to put your Gmail address and password in the fake login, your credentials would be stolen, but you'd be taken to a real document
on Google Docs, so you might not even know you'd been scammed, Symantec says.
With access to your Gmail account, scammers can make purchases on Google Play games,
use your Google+ account, access your Google Drive documents and more.
As always, the easiest way to protect yourself from phishing scams is to not click
on unknown links and not open emails from unknown senders.
Also, don't type your password anywhere that you're not 100 percent sure is real.
Thank God there is a new and better solution now.
You can use this patented software to encrypt everything you type online...username,
passwords, chats, facebook to name a few.
With this solution, you can have a peace of mind that you are safe.
Visit Google website and get protected today.
I will see you at the top!
Dan