Peaches Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Google Calendar phishing scam surfaces By John Leyden 30th December 2008 09:47 GMT "Fraudsters are using Google's Calendar service as a means to develop a new strain of phishing scam. The ruse appears in the guise of a Google Calendar email notification. Would-be marks are told their accounts will be deleted unless they submit their Google username, password and date of birth. But rather than coming from Google's “Customer Varifaction†(sic) department the bogus emails come from fraudsters looking to extract login information. Phishing fraudsters set up a Gmail accounts in order to set up the scam, which is slightly more credible than many because unwary punters are invited to submit information to Google's website. In addition, Google inserts the real name of the recipient in email invitations, further boosting their credibility of the fraudulent approach." More here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/go...calendar_phish/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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