A new type of fraud has recently surfaced that targets Gmail users, and since this fraud is designed in a very convincing way, many people may fall into the trap without realizing it.

Microsoft Solutions Consultant Sam Mitrovic detailed how he encountered this scam in a blog post. Mitrovic, received a notification about an attempt to recover a Gmail account he wasn’t logged in to He declined, but forty minutes later he received a call that appeared to be from Google’s Sydney office. This was the first sign that he had become the target of this fraud scheme.

They reached their prey with emails and phone calls that looked real

A week later, Mitrovic received another notice of the same type and rejected the request again. This time he answered the incoming call, and when he answered the call from Australia, the person on the other end was someone speaking with an American accent. The caller said that suspicious activity was taking place on Mitrovic’s account and that someone had logged into his account from Germany. This meeting made Mitrovic It was another attempt to make people believe their accounts had been hacked..

During the conversation, when Mitrovic Googled the number the call came from, he realized that the number actually appeared to be from Google, but he knew that scammers could give the impression that their calls were coming from legitimate numbers. He then asked the caller to send a verification email. When the email arrived, the contents seemed correct, but the return address was suspicious and Mitrovic The caller’s voice may have been created by artificial intelligence noted.

It is important to acknowledge incoming emails repeatedly

It wasn’t long before Mitrovic was contacted by fraudsters through the Salesforce CRM system. realized that they had sent this email by setting a false sender address. These types of fraud attempts are becoming more sophisticated and can deceive many people.

As in this case, it is necessary to logically weigh the reason behind the immediate disbelief and the reasons for reaching you, even in the conversations coming from email addresses and phone numbers that seem so real and correct.

So, have you encountered a similar situation? You can share it with us in the comments below.