Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
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).
From: Google Photos Service elli@sunet.com.auSent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:41 PMSubject: Your photo has been successfully publishedGoogle PhotosYour photo has been successfully published.2 albums, 2 photosHow to get free Google Photos space easily and quicklyView photos
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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I downloaded this because I was looking for a photo in Google photos. Can I undo it?
Remove the app that you have downloaded and any other unwanted ones.
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