What are Gmail Pushing Scams?
Recently, I got an email and it is asking password and other details of my Gmail account. After this, I discussed same question in GMail forum and its top contributor has given me some good suggestion which, here, I am discussing with you.
It's a phishing scam trying to steal your account.
Phishing scams include e-mails that request your login:password information, or links to fake web-sites that ask for your login:password. For web-sites, the printed link may look valid but the actual link could go someplace different.
You can ignore it, use the drop-down menu next to reply to "Report Phishing", or use the following form: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=abuse_phishing
What Benefit can Hackers Take Via Pushing Scam?
The most common usage is to send spam to all your contacts. Since they see the mail is from you they're more likely to open it.
Right after that comes sending a scam to all your contacts (for the same reason). Usually the "lost in London" one.
After that comes other identity theft or looking at e-mail history to find other accounts to compromise. If they can find their way to an eBay, Paypal, or similar they might be able to get some money.
Thanks dear bkc56
Recently, I got an email and it is asking password and other details of my Gmail account. After this, I discussed same question in GMail forum and its top contributor has given me some good suggestion which, here, I am discussing with you.
It's a phishing scam trying to steal your account.
Phishing scams include e-mails that request your login:password information, or links to fake web-sites that ask for your login:password. For web-sites, the printed link may look valid but the actual link could go someplace different.
You can ignore it, use the drop-down menu next to reply to "Report Phishing", or use the following form: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=abuse_phishing
What Benefit can Hackers Take Via Pushing Scam?
The most common usage is to send spam to all your contacts. Since they see the mail is from you they're more likely to open it.
Right after that comes sending a scam to all your contacts (for the same reason). Usually the "lost in London" one.
After that comes other identity theft or looking at e-mail history to find other accounts to compromise. If they can find their way to an eBay, Paypal, or similar they might be able to get some money.
Thanks dear bkc56
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