There's a new scam going around that gives hackers almost instant access to your Google and other accounts. It is easy to fall for, even if you are cautious and take steps to keep scammers out of your life.
To become a victim of this scam, all you have to do is reply to a text message. The message may look like it is coming from Google, or a Craigslist or eBay buyer, or from a potential employer or almost anyone else.
It asks you to enter a verification code, and if you do, you've turned over access to all your Google accounts to a hacker.
You may be thinking that anyone with any sense won't fall for this scam. But you'd be wrong.
A quick search on Google for 'Verification Scam', will show over six million results. Many of these are messages posted on Google support boards asking how to recover from these kinds of scams.
If you want to read more about this and see how to keep from becoming a victim, check out my article at: https://www.bmyers.com/public/Ignore-this-text-msg.cfm
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