Google targeted by email scam impersonating docs service

Google has shut down an email spam campaign that impersonated its online file service, Google Docs.

Google targeted by email scam impersonating docs service

Google has shut down an email spam campaign that impersonated its online file service, Google Docs.

According to online reports - in particular, a detailed user thread on Reddit - clicking on an emailed share link, purportedly from a known source, was taking users to a site that asked permission for a fake app calling itself "Google Docs" to access their accounts.

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