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Is this a scam?

geegerbee — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 23:13:53 GMT

I received this message in a different email. I am skeptical that I should put a password into my google account and that it is a scam. Anyone receive this same message and it is real?

Some of your saved passwords were found in a data breach from a site or app that you use. Your Google Account is not affected.

To secure your accounts, Google Password Manager recommends changing your passwords now.

Re: Is this a scam?

Kachina624 — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 23:24:10 GMT

@geegerbee. All they're suggesting is that you open your Google or vendor account and change passwords. Hardly sounds like a scam unless you're asked to click on an embedded link. I got something similar a week or so ago but it listed 5 or 6 vendors which were retail sites I never use. I just deleted them.

Re: Is this a scam?

BlueFinch — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 23:39:35 GMT

I received an on screen home page notification yesterday from Apple, that my Google PW had been breached. It advised changing it ASAP. I just went to my Google log in site and did so.

It's always a risk, as anything can be a convincing scam, but I took it as just a warning, not asking for personal info, or to click on anything. Several online reported getting these notifications, too and that they checked out as legit. But, some may not be. Just don't click on anything sent. Just go to your sites.

Google may have been targeted, who knows, but changing PW's routinely, these days, is probably a good idea.

Re: Is this a scam?

grandma2pkmh — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 23:42:17 GMT

@geegerbee If you use the Google Password Manager, when you pull it up, there should be a message from Google stating which accounts were affected by any dark web users. Just either cancel those or change the password.

I got a notice several years ago and had to change my passwords on several accounts. So it may not be a scam.

Re: Is this a scam?

BlueFinch — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:02:54 GMT

@geegerbee Search online: 'Why is Google telling me I have a PW breech?' The answer is that Google scans folks data for any tampering and WILL alert the owner of the account for anything suspicious. The wording of their alert found online, sounds much like the notice you received regarding PW's.

Re: Is this a scam?

Tori3569 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:51:11 GMT

Not a scam unless it's asking you to click through, which it isn't.

Re: Is this a scam?

CalminHeart — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:11:54 GMT

SCAM 101. Don't do it. Block the sender.

Re: Is this a scam?

DREAMON — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:21:08 GMT

I get that email and never click on it.

When I checked google and paypal directly it did not ask me to change mty password so I knew it was a scam.

Re: Is this a scam?

San Antonio Gal — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:42:11 GMT

@geegerbee - Since it's not asking you to click on a link, it's okay. It's just suggesting that you check your passwords.

Re: Is this a scam?

hkrgrl — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:08:05 GMT

@geegerbee wrote:
I received this message in a different email. I am skeptical that I should put a password into my google account and that it is a scam. Anyone receive this same message and it is real?

Some of your saved passwords were found in a data breach from a site or app that you use. Your Google Account is not affected.
To secure your accounts, Google Password Manager recommends changing your passwords now.

on the email, check to see who its from. if its a scam, which it sounds like, it will be from either a person, business, or a bunch of numbers.

if u are worried, then go to google itself and check.

if u think its a scam, send to google. they all have phishing emails where u can send them.

eg: phishinggoogle.com

i just got 2. 1 from Apple and 1 from Netflix.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en

i would not click on the link that was sent