Phishing Email

[Liam W]

I actually believed this, I even changed my password because of it (I didn't follow the links in the email though).

This is just to warn you to watch out... I can't believe I believed it. I'm normally careful :/

 

[TPerry]

I actually believed this, I even changed my password because of it (I didn't follow the links in the email though).

This is just to warn you to watch out... I can't believe I believed it. I'm normally careful :/

#1 warning sign... root@localhost.

 

[Liam W]

#1 warning sign... root@localhost.

That's not shown on my phone though. You have to go into more info, which I usually don't do.

 

[Amaury]

Most services, such as Facebook, will let you know via e-mail if someone has tried to access your account from an unrecognizable location or device, so it's important to know when the e-mail's real and when it's not. In this case, it wasn't a legitimate e-mail.

 

[Kintaro]

Well, you can check by the Last Activity - Details link at the bottom of the Gmail page.

And... Gmail know your name, why they call you "Hi email address"?

 

[Liam W]

OK, maybe some parts should have been obvious, but you try reading it on a phone after purchasing a second hand computer which could have come with spyware.

Anyway, it was time to change my password. I've had the same one for a while now.

 

[Kintaro]

and this: http://www.google.com/landing/2step/ ?

 

[Liam W]

and this: http://www.google.com/landing/2step/ ?

I reenabled that yes. I had to disable it previously due to the use of an app which I invariably deleted due to my use of ROMs.

 

[TPerry]

That's not shown on my phone though. You have to go into more info, which I usually don't do.

You access gmail via the web interface on your phone? I strictly use imap interface and pull it into the phone directly.

 

[Liam W]

You access gmail via the web interface on your phone? I strictly use imap interface and pull it into the phone directly.

Gmail app.

 

[Kevin]

I reenabled that yes. I had to disable it previously due to the use of an app which I invariably deleted due to my use of ROMs.

You don't need to disable Google's 2-step authentication for apps/devices that require a Gmail login but can't receive the confirmation code. Just create a custom app password for them.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1173270?hl=en

That is how, for example, I have my Synology home SAN sending me email alerts using Gmail.

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

I would have believed that. What tipped you off to that being fake?

 

[RickM]

OK, maybe some parts should have been obvious, but you try reading it on a phone after purchasing a second hand computer which could have come with spyware.

Why on earth would you not format a computer you don't know the history of?!

 

[whynot]

Why on earth would you not format a computer you don't know the history of?!

Some attractive programs on it.

 

[Martok]

Why on earth would you not format a computer you don't know the history of?!

OEM installation of Windows on the computer with no back-up discs or a backup partition.

 

[Suzanne O]

Always check who the email is sent by and report it to your local police online abuse department.

 

[OSS 117]

You'll know when there's a legitimate warning. When you login it'll show a large red banner at the top which when you click X on will ask you to use a new password. It happened to a BS account I had and hadn't signed in for 7 years... My attempt was from somewhere in the UK. Google must sense a login pattern and won't complete a session login even if the password is correct.

 

[=MGN=RedEagle]

Someone please tell me, how can I avoid falling for this? I have seen such emails can clicked them before... :S

 

[Martok]

Someone please tell me, how can I avoid falling for this? I have seen such emails can clicked them before... :S

There's one infallible solution. Never click on links in emails.

 

[Amaury]

There's one infallible solution. Never click on links in emails.

Unless you trust them, of course, and know exactly who they're from (e.g., I have it set up to get e-mails of new videos from some of the channels I'm subscribed to on YouTube).