Office of Information Technology
October 27, 2023
Tags Phishing Email (on campus)

Google "Suspicious sign in attempt"

Phish Bowl Alerts

While it might bear some resemblance to an actual Google warning, there are several clues to this being a fake: sender's email address is not from Google, poorly formatted, plus spelling and grammar errors. See Google's ‘Suspicious sign in prevented’ email article for what to do if you receive an actual warning.

From: G-Security <sp-shimoda.jp@sv14382.xserver.jp>
Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:32 PM
Subject: Suspicious sign in attempt
To: <josiah_carberry@brown.edu>

  Google

     Dear, josiah_carberry@brown.edu,

     Someone try to sign in to your email account from
     another country with a wrong password but did
     not succeed because we stopped it.
     Country: Russia,
     City: Moscow
     IP: 102.222.78.0
     Date: 10/27/2023
     if this was not you, please reject this sign in immediately
     to keep your email safe and secure but if this was you
     kindly allow the sign in.

[ Allow Sign in ]    [ Reject Sign in ]
  Google Warning 🔒Your password is safe ✅
Please be aware hackers has a new way to make you change
your password so they can steal your new password, please
do  not change your password if Google did not ask you
to change it,  kindly reject or allow sign in.
Thanks
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