Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
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mrkelley23
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Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
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.
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Re: Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
You were probably flagged for doing too many squirrelporn searches.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.
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mrkelley23
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Re: Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
Is there such a thing as too many squirrelporn searches?silverscreenselect wrote:You were probably flagged for doing too many squirrelporn searches.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.
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Re: Anyone else receive a "suspicious activity" from google?
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.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.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.