This Google Docs phishing scam is trying to get into your email

If you've received a suspicious invitation to share a Google Doc with you today, don't click through the link! 

Google Docs users, including yours truly, are receiving unexpected invites to view shared files. The invitation looks like a standard Google Doc invite, but it is actually a fake posing as one in an effort to get into your email.

I received an invitation from a contact who has never shared a Google Doc with me before, whom I don't communicate with regularly, and has no known reason to send me a Google Doc, to give you an idea of what set off my  alarms. 

Google is aware of the issue, and is encouraging users not to click through and to report the email as a phishing attempt within Gmail. You can do so by clicking on the drop down menu in the upper right-hand corner of an email, then selecting Report Phishing. 

May 04, 2017 at 03:57AM
Michelle Fitzsimmons