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The "Google Your Photo Has Been Successfully Published" Phishing Scam

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Nov 1, 2018 2018-11-01T18:33:41-05:00
Apr 13, 2020 2020-04-13T10:04:31-05:00

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The Google Your Photo Has Been Successfully Published Phishing Scam

The "Google Your Photo Has Been Successfully Published" email below is a phishing scam. Therefore, Google users who have received the same email are asked to delete it because the link in it goes to a phishing or fake Google Photo website that steals online account credentials (username and password).

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The "Google Your Photo Has Been Successfully Published" Phishing Scam

From: Google Photos Service elli@sunet.com.au

Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:41 PM

Subject: Your photo has been successfully published

Google Photos

Your photo has been successfully published.

2 albums, 2 photos

How to get free Google Photos space easily and quickly

View photos

If visitors to the phishing or fake Google Photo website attempt to sign into it, their username and password will be sent to the cybercriminals behind the scam. The cybercriminals will then use the stolen usernames and passwords to gain access to their potential victims

Google users who have already been tricked by the phishing email are asked to change your change their passwords before their accounts are hijacked and used fraudulently by the cybercriminals.

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Jun 4, 2020 at 12:47 PM by an anonymous user from: Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States

I downloaded this because I was looking for a photo in Google photos. Can I undo it?

Jun 4, 2020 at 1:14 PM by info

Remove the app that you have downloaded and any other unwanted ones.

Apr 9, 2020 at 1:02 PM by info

"From: Google Storage Date: April 9, 2020 at 7:03:10 AM PDT Subject: Files has been successfully published Google Drive Files has been successfully published F.A.Q. View details" Here is another scam.

Jun 27, 2019 at 7:32 PM by info

"From: Google Service Date: 23/06/2019 05:38 (GMT 00:00) Subject: Files has been successfully published Google Drive Files has been successfully published How to get free space easily and quickly More information" Here is another scam.

Jun 26, 2019 at 8:42 AM by info

"From: Google Photos Share Date: 6/26/19 8:20 AM (GMT-06:00) To: jenwill95@msn.com Subject: Your photo has been successfully published Google Photos Your photo has been successfully published. 2 albums, 5 photos How to get free Google Photos space easily and quickly View albums" Here is another scam.

Jun 15, 2019 at 7:34 AM by info

"Subject: Files has been successfully published Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:04:48 0000 From: Google Drive Share Google Drive Files has been successfully published Get 1GB extra space More information" Here is another scam.

Jun 10, 2019 at 12:31 PM by info

"From: Google Photos Share Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2019 12:43 PM Subject: Your photo has been successfully published Google Photos Your photo has been successfully published. 1 albums, 2 photos Need more space? View albums" Received this scam.

May 11, 2019 at 2:34 PM by info

Here is another scam: "From: Google Photos Library Date: May 7, 2019 at 2:21:25 AM PDT Subject: Photo has been successfully published Google Photos Photo has been successfully published How to get free Google Photos space easily and quickly More information"

Mar 16, 2019 at 7:27 PM by info

Here is another scam: "From: Google Photos Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:53 PM Subject: Your photo has been successfully published Google Photos Your photo has been successfully published. 2 albums, 2 photos F.A.Q. View photos"

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