Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The email message below with the subject: "4 Broken Messages Has Been Found And Recovered," which appears as if it is a Google Notification Service or Recovery Notification Service alert, is actually a phishing email message created by cybercriminals to steal their potential victims' Google account user names and passwords. With access to their victims' accounts, cyber-criminals will use the same accounts fraudulently. Therefore, recipients of the email message are asked to delete it, and should not follow the instructions or click on the links in it.
Subject: 4 broken messages has been found and recoveredFrom: Users Support (fatima-eniomel@ worldwidecontent.com)Sent: Fri 6/24/16 7:10 AMGoogle Notification ServiceRecovery Service Report:6/24/20164 broken messages has been found and recovered.(4) messagesWe hope you found this message to be useful. However, if you'd rather not receive future e-mails of this sort, please opt-out here.
Subject: 4 broken messages has been found and recoveredFrom: Users Support (fatima-eniomel@ worldwidecontent.com)Sent: Fri 6/24/16 7:10 AM
Google Notification Service
Recovery Service Report:
6/24/20164 broken messages has been found and recovered.
(4) messages
We hope you found this message to be useful. However, if you'd rather not receive future e-mails of this sort, please opt-out here.
The link in the email message goes to the following fake and phishing website and ask potential victims sign-in with their Google or other email accounts credentials:
Note: cyber-criminals will use other website names, so look out for this same scam on other websites.
The recipients of the email or message who have already entered their Google user name and password on the fake website, are asked change their Google password immediately!
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"From: Gmail Support Date: August 17, 2019 at 10:37:20 PM PDT Subject: 2 broken messages Google We sent you a message: 8/18/2019 2 broken messages has been recovered and sent to you." Here is another scam.
"From: Users Support Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019, 01:28:09 AM PDT Subject: 4 broken emails has been found and recovered Google Notification Service Recovery Service Report: 7/18/2019 4 broken emails has been found and recovered." Here is another scam.
Here is another scam: - - - - From: Google Notifier Sent: Wed, Jun 27, 2018 5:15 am Subject: 4 damaged emails Google We have sent you a message: 6/27/2018 4 damaged emails was found and restored. View emails We hope you found this message to be useful. However, if you'd rather not receive future e-mails of this sort, please opt-out here.
