Two more phishing tricks

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A couple of phishing scams. One claiming not to be a scam, and one using AI voice to save on employee costs.

A neat phishing trick

I liked this one a lot. Here's the top of the message trying to get me to renew my Netflix account, which I don't have.

scam claiming not a scam

If you check the from address, you'll note it is not from Netflix, but from someone at @hvn. Moreover, when I hovered over the renew now, it sent me to a site having nothing to do with Netflix.

But, what I found new (to me) and interesting, was the great banner they have at the top claiming they were checked by Google (c) and Not Scam! This actually caused me to stop and think!

Automation is wonderful. It increases productivity

Some Gmail users are getting an email notification requesting approval for their Gmail account recovery. It appears quite authentic. Then, about 40 minutes later, they get a phone call from what seems to be Google Support. The claim is that they've received a request from a family member to recover your account because of your death. They were sent your death certificate, but the request for recovery wasn't approved. They then attempt to have you go through a password recovery process that provides them with access to your account. The exciting thing about this scam is that they have automated it with an AI voice which learns to be more and more convincing. This allows them to call thousands of potential victims with few employees.

Both the emails and the phone numbers appear to be from Google.

A fuller description is at EpochTimes.

Date: November 2024

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Home Forms About Current Newsletter subscribe Search All Articles Browse by Category Security Internet Mobile Business Hardware Fun		Two more phishing tricks Preview: A couple of phishing scams. One claiming not to be a scam, and one using AI voice to save on employee costs. A neat phishing trick I liked this one a lot. Here's the top of the message trying to get me to renew my Netflix account, which I don't have. If you check the from address, you'll note it is not from Netflix, but from someone at @hvn. Moreover, when I hovered over the renew now, it sent me to a site having nothing to do with Netflix. But, what I found new (to me) and interesting, was the great banner they have at the top claiming they were checked by Google (c) and Not Scam! This actually caused me to stop and think! Automation is wonderful. It increases productivity Some Gmail users are getting an email notification requesting approval for their Gmail account recovery. It appears quite authentic. Then, about 40 minutes later, they get a phone call from what seems to be Google Support. The claim is that they've received a request from a family member to recover your account because of your death. They were sent your death certificate, but the request for recovery wasn't approved. They then attempt to have you go through a password recovery process that provides them with access to your account. The exciting thing about this scam is that they have automated it with an AI voice which learns to be more and more convincing. This allows them to call thousands of potential victims with few employees. Both the emails and the phone numbers appear to be from Google. A fuller description is at EpochTimes. Date: November 2024 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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