This new scam would make it possible to take total control of your mailbox.
Google may be one of the most powerful companies in the world, that does not prevent it from being a target of choice for online scams. The firm responsible for the famous search engine warns its users: a new very well -crafted scam has been spreading more and more for a few months.
The risk incurred is not less. According to experts and victims of the operation, this technique would allow malicious people to take total control of your mailbox. This outcome would then provide them with access to your personal and most sensitive personal data such as your bank or your family without the latter being able to realize it.
Initially discovered in the middle of 2024, this new scam is based on a very recent technology, but also in development: artificial intelligence. A technology still little known by the general public and which, used badly, can wreak havoc. Google therefore warned of the functioning of this vogue scam and how to protect yourself from it.
This scam mixes very old techniques to steal personal information with artificial intelligence to automate it. IT pirates will first try to join you through a phone call during which they will pretend to be a technician from Google. The purpose of this call is to make you believe that your mailbox has been hacked and that its safety is compromised.
In reality, there is no one on the other end of the line. This is a particularly well coded AI to understand what you will answer and continue to execute his script in order to scam you. Thus, computer hackers behind the scam can extort thousands of victims in just a few minutes, without having to do anything themselves. AI takes care of everything!
Finally almost … Once the call is finished, you will receive one or more emails indicating that your mailbox has been hacked. One or more links are there to reset your identifiers. This is obviously the very heart of the scam since by entering your identifiers, you will especially send them to the pirates who will immediately connect to your account to steal the information.
To protect yourself in front of such a scam, always consider looking at the sender of your emails. A suspect email address generally corresponds to a scam. If you have any doubts, it is better not to answer and delete the email in question. As for the call generated by AI, you should realize that your interlocutor has some difficulty expressing himself at times or that his voice seems somewhat artificial. If this is the case, it is better to hang up immediately.