Don't click that Google Doc invite, but if you did, here's what to do

NJ.com ^ | May 03, 2017 | Spencer Kent

[iowamark]

I got one very similar to this:

[wally_bert]

I don’t know of anyone that would share a google doc with me so I shouldn’t have to worry about that threat.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

IT here at work sent out a big warning a couple of hours ago.

[faithhopecharity]

So did we. We sent it to the junque file right away. Fortunately we didn’t open it.

[iowamark]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/05/03/don_t_click_on_unexpected_emails_with_google_doc_invitations_it_s_a_major.html
“Do Not Click on Unexpected Emails Inviting You to Edit a Google Doc. It’s a Major Phishing Attack.”

http://bigislandnow.com/2017/05/03/phishing-scam-warning-google-docs/
“Phishing Scam Warning: Google Docs”

http://bigislandnow.com/2017/05/03/phishing-scam-warning-google-docs/
“Do Not Open the Google Docs Email You Receive Today: It May Be a Scam”

[Hugin]

Best course is to have nothing to do with Google.

[umgud]

I got one earlier today from a business contact.

[LouieFisk]

“IT here at work sent out a big warning a couple of hours ago.”
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Your IT should have already instructed everyone not to click on email links.

[lewislynn]

I wouldn’t click on anything with “GOOGLE” in it. Nor would I ever “GOOGLE IT”

[texas booster]

I have already gotten several, all from teachers and administrators at schools.

Google Docs is spreading through K12 like a virus ... But it is Free they say ...

[FreeAtlanta]

We have training, and a service that sends fake phishing emails to employees to see if they are paying attention.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Even though we are regularly warned not to, it’s always one of the Asian engineers that cannot resist.

[VTenigma]

I don’t click on anything with Google in it’s name. Hopefully I’m safe. Commie bastiges.

[LouieFisk]

“Even though we are regularly warned not to, it’s always one of the Asian engineers that cannot resist.”
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Wait til they get that fortune from the Nigerian King!

[Utilizer]

Got one of those the other day. Curious -clicked on it.

Tried to connect to the Goog. LMBAO (Laughed My Bloody Arse Off). Because:

1. No google account.
2. No google docs created, accessed or saved. Ever.
3. No GMail account.
4. Internet Access is not conneced to a GMail account.
5. No “Contacts List” to access.

and finally:

6. Running Linux. WinDoze commands or any Outlook or Outlook Express functions are not functional in a ‘nix environment.

I also love it when I get sent a pop-up that says that My Windows Machine has Been Infected! Has a Virus! A Bootsector Virus! No really -go here to update your files and repair your corrupted system!

*laughs uproriously* :)

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Unrelated...

Was reading the local police blotter on line yesterday.

Fraud Alert.

Local resident reported that they received a call from the IRS (we’ve all gotten these...the IRS doesn’t make phone calls).

They were informed that they owed $7,000 in back taxes. If they didn’t settle up immediately, they were going to jail.

Oh, it was $7,000 in GIFT CARDS that was demanded.

After sending $1,000 worth of gift cards, they finally figured out that they had been scammed.

They realized that the IRS doesn’t accept gift cards.

[angryoldfatman]

Somebody younger than 60 still falls for this junk?

[LouieFisk]

"They realized that the IRS doesn’t accept gift cards."
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I've heard of that scam. It's like when a bro's browser locked up on a page that claimed to be the FBI saying the had broken a whole bunch of fed laws.
The good news was that if he paid a fine by sending x amount of $$$ to the FBI via money transfer, he wouldn't be prosecuted!
I knew about that scam, too. It's just a simple browser java-script trick that freezes a page. You just shut down the browser, clean the cache and you're good to go. I had to tell the bro the FBI doesn't do blackmail (at least not that way, heh).
The scam usually looks like something along this line:

[LouieFisk]

“I also love it when I get sent a pop-up that says that My Windows Machine has Been Infected!”
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Yup, heh. I’m a duel-boot Nixer (Mint). I scan the Windows side from Mint using Bitdefender for Unices (free license) - it’s also handy to check any files before moving ‘em to the Win side or a USB stick.