Google Account Update - Message

[bigbadbob]

Has anybody else had a notice on their google email account giving you 72 hours notice of renewal or else your account and all details will be lost.
Neither of us are ''all that'' with computers and we both wondered if this was for real before doing anything .
Thanking you for any help.
BBB's other half.

[Mowgli597]

Has anybody else had a notice on their google email account giving you 72 hours notice of renewal or else your account and all details will be lost.
Neither of us are ''all that'' with computers and we both wondered if this was for real before doing anything .
Thanking you for any help.
BBB's other half.

No. It looks like a phishing message. My advice would be to ignore it.

[Deniz1]

Same message on Yahoo delete it.

[ozankoys]

Yes I got the same message it did look very authentic but I deleted it anyway.

[Keithcaley]

BBB, when you say a 'Message', do you mean an email?

If it's an email, then hover your mouse pointer / cursor over the sender's name, and it will give you the actual email address from which the email was sent.

Pleasd tell us that email address.

p.s. I agree that it does sound like a 'phishing attempt' but it's always good to check...

[bigbadbob]

Yes Keith it is an email.
Have done what you asked hopefully.
It is - triciabailey@compassescrow.com via shooterking.com.

Help!
BBB's other half.

[Mowgli597]

Yes Keith it is an email.
Have done what you asked hopefully.
It is - triciabailey@compassescrow.com via shooterking.com.

Help!
BBB's other half.

That’s a bogus address. It is a phishing email as I said. Ignore and delete it.

[bigbadbob]

Thank you and will do!
What do they aim to achieve? It all looked very official.
Will get rid of it now.
BBB;s other half.

[Mowgli597]

Thank you and will do!
What do they aim to achieve? It all looked very official.
Will get rid of it now.
BBB;s other half.

They hope to get your gmail account information: i.e. password. You would, for example, have been asked to log in to a website which looked like it was an official gmail site, or to send your account details in an email to a bogus address.

Your gmail account can be used to unlock lots of other information when you think about it.

Never, ever trust any email unless you are certain of its origin. Keith gave you a good process on how to check an email address, and as you saw the real address had nothing to do with the purported sender. Email addresses can be spoofed very easily.

Remember - practice safe hex

[Keithcaley]

The other thing that they can do, once they have a password to go with your email address; is to try (using an automated process) that combination on thousands of commercial/banking websites, to see if you have used the same login details elsewhere (you obviously should not use any password on more than one website, but people do, nontheless) so that they can then access the financial side of your affairs