"Google Gmail Account Deactivation" Phishing Scams

"From: GoogIe
Date: Friday, June 21, 2019
Subject: Your account will be deactivated

Hello,

This is to inform you that your request on: 06/19/2019 2:17:55 p.m. to remove your account from Gmail.com server has been approved and will initiate in one hour from the exact time you open this message.
Regards.

ignore this message to continue with email removal or

If this deactivation was not requested by you

Please reply us.

Regards,
Google"

Here is another scam.

Patricio Gonzalez has threatened me with death

Here is another scam:

"From: " 𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐋 "
Date: May 23, 2019 at 10:21:28 PM EDT
Subject: kevschiller43 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝
Reply-To: ,,,,,,,,


𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧: 𝟎𝟓/𝟐𝟑/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.

𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫


𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬.


𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬,
𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞"

Received via email:

"I received this last month and I searched endlessly on Google (even so much as calling them, which didn't help). I found the link on your site about the phishing emails. I believe this is one.


---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: GoogIe
Date: Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:34 PM
Subject: Your account will be deactivated

Hello,

This is to inform you that your request on: 01/22/2019 2:17:55 p.m. to remove your account from gmail.com server has been approved and will initiate in one hour from the exact time you open this message.
Regards.

ignore this message to continue with email removal or

If this deactivation was not requested by you

Please reply us.

Regards,
Google"

I received a lengthy email on my cell phone from the "Google Team", saying my consumer (personal)account was going to go away April 2019 because of low usage. Several links "to help" me with transitioning my info are provided throughout the email.


I have not clicked any links or responded in any way. Upon googling this issue, I came across an article saying there are phishing scams to this affect, and was advised to log into my account directly. Funny thing, my gmail account has no such email listed there.

Since this email is only on my cell phone, should I just delete it? And should I change my password, etc as well?

Here is another scam:

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: GoogIe
Date: Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:23 AM
Subject: Your account will be deactivated

Hello,

This is to inform you that your request on: 01/20/2019 2:17:55 p.m. to remove your account from gmail.com server has been approved and will initiate in one hour from the exact time you open this message.

Regards.

ignore this message to continue with email removal or

If this deactivation was not requested by you

Please reply us.

Regards,
Google

NOTE: If You Receive This Message In Your Junk or Spam Its Due to Your Internet Provider

Just delete these email the moment you see them.
Do not click on any links.

Getting the same email in my yahoo account.

The message about is very helpful. Recently, these scam messages have appeared in my scam box at least twice, perhaps three times.

I promptly deleted each one without opening them. Next, I checked my email message inbox and the status of my Google account finding no irregularities, so far.

Received via email:

"I received a threat alert that my Gmail account was being deactivated from accounts-oldgold.website

it says reply to: infos-oldgold.website;infos-premiumuser.review;infos-goldenuser.club;infos-golduser.club"

I received an email today from "Gmail" with the subject Terminate your account has been accepted, it states that I submitted a request to terminate my Gmail account, but I did not.
Is this a scam?

Yes, it is a scam.

I had one today in a different format telling me I had 48 hours to reply to it the sender has been blocked and password has been changed also reported message to google so far so good hope it stays that way.

Someone not as tech savvy will get scammed though google should do more to stop it could be employees doing it as how they get in.

I just got an email of that exact format this morning on my phone. I was really worried and suspicious and immediately signed into my email on my laptop. Nothing was out of the ordinary and my gmail was still up too.

I'm glad I saw this article because it reaffirmed what I had already guessed to be true. Anyone else who's reading this article and these comments and it's already too late, I'm sorry and hope everything gets worked out.

I got scammed! $349.99 for 3 years of 7 layered protection. It was the same approach...As per your request, Google is terminating your Gmail Account effective in 12 hours. If you did not make this request, please call (888) 395-0555 for assistance. Sooooo, I did! They had me terrified that I was going to lose my entire account. WTF! I was on my way toward getting ready for work and didn't need this to deal with. Got me at the right time. I purchased their help. But before they could help me they wanted to ID the people who got into my computer to make the request to close my account. My response was: "What do I need to do?"

Of course, I had to let them into my computer before I would be able to find who did this. Discovered that I had to visitors from Russia who decided to send the message to Google from my computer. They promised that as soon as they are finished installing the software I needed for the 7 layers of protection, I would have no more trouble from hackers. They Installed Webroot anywhere and Trojan Remover. Why would they do this if they were scamming me? Anyone know?

They are giving you the impression that they are helping you to further scam you.

Why can't all the major email providers block these kinds of scam emails? I know they cannot block everyone, but if a computer or server somewhere sends out hundreds of identical emails with certain keywords or phrases, like "will initiate in one hour from the exact time you open this message," the company should be able to recognize it as SPAM and block it and everything from that account or server, or whatever.

I got almost the exact same thing in my yahoo email account that this article talks about. I also got one a week ago that says Yahoo Messenger is about to be discontinued. (Good riddance.)

I want to report these address to you, they wont stop sending this to me:

"Your account will be deactivated.
Inbox
x

The Google Accounts <44pf0887x2z2usih-znsjdg.hubspot.org.uk>
Jun 7, 2018, 1:08 PM
to me

Hello,

This is to inform you that your request on: 06/06/2018 2:37:40 p.m. to remove your account from gmail.com server has been approved and will initiate in one hour from the exact time you open this message.

Regards,

ignore this message to continue with email removal or

If this deactivation was not requested by you

Please reply us.

Regards,
Google


NOTE: If You Receive This Message In Your Junk or Spam Its Due to Your Internet Provider"

I've been getting text messages on my phone with a similar content, supposedly from Google but with the url g.co/inactiveaccount. I just delete them but it would be great to figure out how to stop them. The account name mentioned is not mine.

I received a few of these in my spam folder. The first thing I always do is look at the email of who's sending it. I knew right away it was phishing

I was looking through my spam mail and this showed up:

"Dear Gmail Customer, You submitted a request to terminate your Gmail mail account and the process has started by our Gmail mail Team, Please give us 3 working days to close your mail account.

To cancel the termination request reply to this mail.

All files on your Gmail mail including (Inbox, Sent, Spam, Trash, Draft) will be deleted and access to your Gmail mail account will be Denied.

If you wish to Terminate your Email Address, you can Sign Up for a new Gmail mail account.
For further help please contact by replying to this mail.

Regards, Gmail! Account Services"

This just happened to me. They sent me this email on April 22 so it's been 2 days. I changed my gmail password now but will my account really be deactivated?

No, your email account will not be deactivated because the email is a fake. Just delete then when you receive them.

Here is another scam:

"From: "gmail.com No-reply ver postmaster"
Date: April 10, 2018 at 1:22:19 PM CDT
Subject: brent.upchurch-gmail.com Deactivation Notice
Reply-To: "gmail.com No-reply postmaster"

Hi

This is to inform you that your email will be De-activated if you choose not to verify your
account.
Server Removal will occur in exactly 48 hours (9 Apr 2018)) ,we recommend that you verify your account below and protect your mailbox.

CLICK HERE TO VERIFY

Take a minute to verify your account now for a faster, safer and full-featured mail experience.

Thank you for your cooperation.
© 2018 gmail.com"

Oddly, my iPhone seems to be suppressing the link, because I keep getting the message, but there is no link to click.

I changed my Gmail password 10 minutes after realising it was a scam! AM I TOO LATE!?

If you were able to change your password, it means it is not too late. If it was too late, your account would have been hijacked and you would be able to change your password.

My email quit coming yesterday. Had no idea why until I found 2 emails in my spam folder saying that I'd requested to deactivate. I screenshotted them, blocked the sender, and changed my Google password today. Google had no record of any odd or unauthorized activity. This seems to be a variation on what happened last Fall with people clicking through on the pfishing email. I definitely did not request to deactivate.

I get these emails frequently. How can they be stopped?

You cannot stop them, but you can flag them as spam so they are automatically sent to your junk/spam folder.

Here is another scam:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Subject: Account Deactivation Initiated #358796
From: Security Alert

Hello,

We have initiated Deactivation of your Account as per your request and for security reasons you will be logged out of all browsing sessions automatically within 15 minutes of opening this mail.

We take security risks very strictly and would request you to change all your other credentials linked to this account.

Ignore this message to proceed with Account Deactivation.

However if the deactivation was not requested by you or If you have any questions contact us by replying to this mail without altering the subject.

Regards,
Accounts Team

Just remove Pamela ware messages from my account..I don't wanna receive her messages ok please

Does Google ever phone you to tell you that your account settings are wrong and you are needing to sign in so they can change it? They are calling me back in 5 minutes....Help please?

No, Google doesn't call you, it is a scam.

I got one almost every day.

I got one of these like a week ago!

Been getting these in my Gmail spam folder for quite a while now. At least a couple of months. I know someone is 'Phishing' but I'm not too worried 'cos I will never respond to them. I just 'Delete forever'.

Been getting them for the last 2 weeks. As I am a long time GMAIL user, I know better than for them to send me stuff in SPAM. I was researching it when I came upon this site to see if it had been reported yet to anyone. Stay Safe in your cyber world everyone

I just got one of these today. I suspected it was a scam but am glad I came here to find out for sure.

Just happened to me. Hmmm

This just happen to me:

"Hello,

This is to inform you that your request on: 02/28/2018 2:37:40 p.m. to remove your account
from gmail.com server has been approved and will initiate in one hour from the exact time you
open this message.
Regards,
ignore this message to continue with email removal or

If this deactivation was not requested by you

Please reply us.

Regards,
Google"

Just had this happen to me. The return email they used is admin-hanig.letelegramme.org.uk
Thankfully I have not responded.
Thanks for your page!
Nisa
Australia

I keep getting these emails on one particular account, always showing up in my spam/junk folder. I just delete it, but I'm tired of getting these fraud attempts.

I've received the email once a week for the past 5 weeks, I just delete it

I have copied and pasted the entire em I received in my spam folder:

"𝖧𝗂,

𝖧𝖾𝗒 𝖣𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖢𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋
𝖠𝗅𝖾𝗋𝗍: 𝖶𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗒 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 gmail.com 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖣𝖺𝗍𝖺𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒.
𝖨𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖠𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾?
𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌.
𝖨𝗇𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍
Wed, 25 Jan 2018 06:56:23 (PDT)

𝖱𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍

𝖨𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾
𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗍𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖺𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖢𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗎𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗉𝗉 𝖻𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗌.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆
𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝖥𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖧𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖢𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋.
𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍.
© 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟪 𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖨𝗇𝖼.,𝖠𝗆𝗉𝗁𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗋𝖾 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝖬𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖵𝗂𝖾𝗐, 𝖢𝖠 𝟫𝟦𝟢𝟦𝟥, 𝖴𝖲𝖠"

I saw the message in my spam while I was looking for message that was sent regarding new bank account password. I saw the message that was going to de activate my account in one hour and freaked pulling it up knowing I didn't do as far as I knew. I have changed my password. Is that all?

Yes, that is all you need to do.

I have received this email and I knew I did not request for my account to be closed. I clicked on the senders name and it was not a valid email so I immediately deleted the email but they continue to send them to me.

Flag them as spam so they are automatically sent to the Spam/Junk folder.

I researched it myself as I never requested to close my account. Glad I know better then to open something so suspicious Thank You!!!