Timeline for Is this email from Google Wallet spam, fraud, or legitimate?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
11 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2014 at 15:58 | answer | added | KayCee | timeline score: -2 | |
| Oct 8, 2012 at 11:57 | comment | added | Robert Koritnik | The easiest way is to register a Google Wallet account. Any email afterwards will be a good indication whether anything's wrong and ringing your bells. :) | |
| Sep 5, 2012 at 14:37 | comment | added | djangodude | Received same; definitely sounds like a scam and very unlike Google. The wording of the message is odd, "we need you to confirm your home address where you reside". Google folks generally have a better handle on English than that. I think I'm going to treat it as spam/phishing. I never use GW anyway so if it is legitimate and they cancel me or something, I won't be missing out on much. | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 23:57 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWebApps/status/241323872157327360 | ||
| Aug 30, 2012 at 10:41 | answer | added | MaryC.fromNZ | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 9:27 | comment | added | MrWhite | Does the email want you to reply with your address? (This would definitely be spam.) Or is there a link to enter your details online? (Could be phishing.) | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 9:14 | comment | added | MrWhite | @MrLister: Gmail asking for mobile phone number is simply a security feature. They can use it to verify account ownership if required. I think they will stop asking after a while though. | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 8:37 | comment | added | John C | Strange request. While Google wants to know everything, they don't normally ask via email. Have a look at this page - in particular the section at the end about how to "Recognize Spoofing". | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 6:59 | comment | added | Mr Lister | I wish I could say Google would never ask for such information, but alas, they are desperate to know everything about you (for instance, GMail asks me to provide my phone number every time I log in), so I wouldn't hold them above this. | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 6:39 | history | edited | Alex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
deleted 2 characters in body; edited title
|
| Aug 30, 2012 at 6:29 | history | asked | H2ONaCl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |