Re: "Someone just used your password..."

From	William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.security.misc
Subject	Re: "Someone just used your password..."
Date	2016-12-05 00:50 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<o22dkp$33k$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<o2257e$5th$1@dont-email.me> <o22c8o$uvh$1@dont-email.me> <o22d8l$2a5$1@dont-email.me>

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On 2016-12-05, Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> wrote:
> William Unruh wrote on 12/4/2016 7:27 PM:
>> On 2016-12-04, Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A couple of my Google accounts have gotten the following message:
>>>
>>> 		
>>> Hi [username],
>>>
>>> Someone just used your password to try to sign in to your Google Account
>>> [username]@gmail.com, using an application such as an email client or
>>> mobile device.
>>>
>>> Details:
>>> Wednesday, November 30, 2016 8:32 PM (Central Standard Time) Illinois, USA*
>>>
>>> Google stopped this sign-in attempt, but you should review your recently
>>> used devices:
>>>
>>> What does this really mean?
>> 
>> It means that some hacker is trying to get you to push that button so
>> you can "review your recently used devices", and type in your password.
>> That way they will have your password.
>
> The URL for "Review your devices now" begins
>
> https://accounts.google.com
>
> Doesn't look like a hacker site to me. :-)

Are you sure? That may be the public visible one, but it actually points
elsewhere. 
>
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"Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 17:28 -0500
  Re: "Someone just used your password..." Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-04 23:01 +0000
    Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 18:54 -0500
      Re: "Someone just used your password..." William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-12-05 00:29 +0000
      Re: "Someone just used your password..." Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-05 09:15 +0000
        Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 04:20 -0500
          Re: "Someone just used your password..." Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-05 11:26 +0000
            Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 07:20 -0500
              Re: "Someone just used your password..." William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-12-05 12:47 +0000
                Re: "Someone just used your password..." Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2016-12-05 12:57 +0000
                Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 13:59 -0500
                Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 14:07 -0500
                Re: "Someone just used your password..." William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-12-06 01:54 +0000
                Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 01:52 -0500
  Re: "Someone just used your password..." William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-12-05 00:27 +0000
    Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 19:45 -0500
      Re: "Someone just used your password..." William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-12-05 00:50 +0000
        Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 20:11 -0500
  Re: "Someone just used your password..." Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-12-05 14:38 +0000
    Re: "Someone just used your password..." Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2016-12-05 15:09 +0000
      Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 14:09 -0500
      Re: "Someone just used your password..." Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-12-06 14:29 +0000
        Re: "Someone just used your password..." Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 14:04 -0500
  Re: "Someone just used your password..." wbredstrand@gmail.com - 2017-03-14 13:56 -0700

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