g.co, Google's official URL shortcut (update: or Google Workspace's domain verification, see bottom), is compromised. People are actively having their Google accounts stolen.
Someone just tried the most sophisticated phishing attack I've ever seen. I almost fell for it. My mind is a little blown.
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Someone named "Chloe" called me from 650-203-0000 with Caller ID saying "Google". She sounded like a real engineer, the connection was super clear, and she had an American accent. Screenshot.
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They said that they were from Google Workspace and someone had recently gained access to my account, which they had blocked. They asked me if I had recently logged in from Frankfurt, Germany and I said no.
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I asked if they can confirm this is Google calling by emailing me from a Google email and they said sure and sent me this email and told me to look for a case number in it, which I saw in
