[Ubuntu-be] gmail phishing gevaar

Jan Claeys ubuntu at janc.be
Tue Nov 24 06:40:14 GMT 2009


Op maandag 23-11-2009 om 08:42 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Steven
Pauwels:
> Gmail is subject to a well orchestrated phishing sheme. The spammers
> use the gmail contacts to send a  mail to all of the contacts in name
> of the account owner. 
> 
> My gmail account has been hacked in this way.
> 
> If you use gmail yourself, it is a good idea to change your password
> and never change it back to your current password. 
> 
> I apologise for any inconvenience!
> 
> Below you can find an example of this mail. If you receive this mail
> from anyone and you use gmail, please change your password!
> 
> DO NOT TRY TO VISIT THE WEBSITE IN THE MAIL. (I have made the url
> unusable in the example) 

Do you have a trustworthy reference for this issue?



-- 
Jan Claeys




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