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Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:51 am
by mrkelley23
They said there was suspicious activity on my account, wanted a phone number to either call or text a verification code to log in. I was able to get back in without providing a phone number -- I know how much google likes to get and keep your personal info -- but it wasn't easy. I would have just given them the landline, but everyone's asleep and I kind of needed to get logged in now. There is no sensitive information in my google account, nor is it linked to any of my banking info, so can't imagine anyone wanting to get in there. Oh, and I checked the things they told me to watch for, like friends telling me I sent them spam, or messages mysteriously appearing or disappearing, and there is nothing.
Re: Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:24 am
by silverscreenselect
mrkelley23 wrote:They said there was suspicious activity on my account, wanted a phone number to either call or text a verification code to log in. I was able to get back in without providing a phone number -- I know how much google likes to get and keep your personal info -- but it wasn't easy. I would have just given them the landline, but everyone's asleep and I kind of needed to get logged in now. There is no sensitive information in my google account, nor is it linked to any of my banking info, so can't imagine anyone wanting to get in there. Oh, and I checked the things they told me to watch for, like friends telling me I sent them spam, or messages mysteriously appearing or disappearing, and there is nothing.
You were probably flagged for doing too many squirrelporn searches.
Re: Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:10 am
by mrkelley23
silverscreenselect wrote:mrkelley23 wrote:They said there was suspicious activity on my account, wanted a phone number to either call or text a verification code to log in. I was able to get back in without providing a phone number -- I know how much google likes to get and keep your personal info -- but it wasn't easy. I would have just given them the landline, but everyone's asleep and I kind of needed to get logged in now. There is no sensitive information in my google account, nor is it linked to any of my banking info, so can't imagine anyone wanting to get in there. Oh, and I checked the things they told me to watch for, like friends telling me I sent them spam, or messages mysteriously appearing or disappearing, and there is nothing.
You were probably flagged for doing too many squirrelporn searches.
Is there such a thing as too many squirrelporn searches?
Re: Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:48 am
by Bob Juch
mrkelley23 wrote:They said there was suspicious activity on my account, wanted a phone number to either call or text a verification code to log in. I was able to get back in without providing a phone number -- I know how much google likes to get and keep your personal info -- but it wasn't easy. I would have just given them the landline, but everyone's asleep and I kind of needed to get logged in now. There is no sensitive information in my google account, nor is it linked to any of my banking info, so can't imagine anyone wanting to get in there. Oh, and I checked the things they told me to watch for, like friends telling me I sent them spam, or messages mysteriously appearing or disappearing, and there is nothing.
I suspect there were multiple attempts to login with a bad password. Your account may have been one of the two billion ones those Russian hackers have.