The "Your Gmail Account has been Suspended" Phishing Scam
Gmail users, if you have received email messages like the one below that claim your email account will be suspended because of violation of our Terms of Service, please do not respond to them. This is because the emails are being sent by scammers, and not Google. Remember, never click on a link to sign into your Gmail email account, always go directly to www.gmail.com and sign-in. Once you have signed, you will be notified of important notifications or changes.
The "Your Gmail Account has been Suspended" Phishing Scam
From: Security Team - [Hacked accounts] nC8Sco03@mail-exists.hardtheme.com
Date: September 15, 2018 at 4:19:59 AM PDT
Subject: 0015214, has access to your Gmail account!
Reply-To: abuse@silverfat.com
Your Gmail Account has been suspended
Hi,
Google has ѕυѕpeɴded your Account, because of a violation of our Terms of Service.
If you think this is a mistake, you can try to recover your account, by contacting our Account Support Team, .or reply to this email in the next 24h
All information associated with your ѕυѕpeɴded account will eventually get deleted, anless succesfully appealed.
Best
The Google Account Team.
Gmail users who have already been tricked by the fraudulent email message are asked to change their passwords immediately before they are hijacked and used fraudulently.
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