Yahoo! Users are falling victim to a sophisticated AI-based account takeover scam, which carefully impersonates Google staff over multiple weeks.
Sam Mitrovic, an IT consultant and tech blogger, received a notification to approve a Gmail account recovery attempt, which he denied. According to his blog, Mitrovic then received a call roughly 40 minutes later, showing the caller ID as Google Sydney, which he also declined.
Using phony account-recovery notifications is a classic trick used by cybercriminals carrying out phishing attacks, Forbes points out. These types of ploys will generally lead customers to a fake login portal, which will capture their login details.
The following week, Mitrovic received another notification to approve an account recovery, alongside a call from an Australian number 40 minutes later. This time he decided to pick up. more
DEATH TO SCAMMERS.
After visits to PCP I’m overwhelmed with scammers trying to send pain pills, scrips, and DME supposedly related to last Dr. visit. Nothing they offered was discussed with Dr. About 200 phone numbers now blocked. Medicare does not get involved. Medicare is too busy dealing with MASSIVE fraud to worry about my concerns.
A real IT department NEVER reaches out to help you unsolicited. A real one waits for you to have a problem and then puts multiple obstacles between you and anyone who can actually help you. That’s why I never trust anyone contacting me seeking to “help” me when I didn’t ask for help.
These scammers are proxies of foreign governments, if not actors of those governments. They are acts of war.
@Wylie: Medicare is actually too busy giving free healthcare to illegal aliens to help you.
TheMule Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:39 at 11:39 am
A real IT department NEVER reaches out to help you unsolicited.
Of course. Beware of the approach. Not just online, but in meat space too. It’s basic security.