[NHLakesChapter] FW: Phishing Scam- Do not take the bait!

Fri Nov 7 13:11:06 UTC 2025

Hello!

Thank you Dana for this additional important information. I will take extra
caution. Unfortunately I was scammed by Google after loosing my email
account from Breezeline due to cyber criminals. Let me explain …

I received a call from a gentleman claiming to be from Google’s Business
verification department. He informed me I had serious errors on my web
search results for my holistic practice through their search engine. He
wanted to verify my personal information. With all the scamming going on, I
knew better than to give him anything. This gentleman asked me to verify my
name, my address, and my phone number along with my email address and
business name. I instructed him to go to my website where that information
is already available since he found the errors on my website he should see
that that information was readily available to be confirmed. Since I
wouldn’t provide him anything verbally over the phone, he said that if I
was interested in having them correct my errors to give Google a call. Well
you can’t call Google. There is no phone number for customer service or
technical support. I did learn through my low vision technical support
specialist this week, that cyber bully did in fact hack into my account and
over 40 different accounts I use for my business. The only phone number you
can call is the accessibilities department, the only way to report a scam
is via their website. I was taught where to go to look for suspicious
activity on my laptop, that shows what country or place the bully is from.
It’s exhausting and we must all have due diligence depending on technology
every day to do our jobs and communicate with each other.

Thank you for the email Dana, be safe, have a good day!
Kindly,
Melissa

On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM Kelley Snyder via NHLakesChapter <
nhlakeschapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up Dana. Appreciate it.
> Cheerfully,
> Kelley Snyder
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM Sheryl Dutton via NHLakesChapter <
> nhlakeschapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dana, I did not get the scam but I did get your email. Thanks for the
>> warning.
>> Sent from Sheryl Dutton
>> sheryldutton at comcast.net
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>> > On Nov 7, 2025, at 5:45 AM, Heidi Piroso via NHLakesChapter <
>> nhlakeschapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> > I got this and sent it to my aunt.On Nov 6, 2025 10:24 PM, Dana Trahan
>> via NHLakesChapter <nhlakeschapter at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi All!
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> I thought this was important to share, and I thought I would use it as
>> a test message to see who is receiving emails from the list. Please reply
>> that you received this.
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>> >> I will try to call anyone that does not reply. Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dana
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>> >> From: NH Vocational Rehabilitation <sara at sara.digital>
>> >> Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2025 8:19 AM
>> >> To: danatrahan at comcast.net
>> >> Subject: Phishing Scam- Do not take the bait!
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>> >> Hi Dana,
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>> >> Beware of an email from Google Careers- it is a scam!
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>> >> Don’t Apply to This
>> >> Phishing Scam
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>> >> In this week’s scam, you receive an
>> >> email that appears to be from Google Careers. The email looks like a
>> >> message from a job recruiter asking if you’re open to discussing a new
>> >> career opportunity with Google. The email contains a link, and if you
>> >> select it, you’ll be taken to a web page where you are prompted to
>> enter
>> >> your name, business email address, and phone number to schedule a
>> meeting.
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>> >> However, the recruiting message you
>> >> received is actually a phishing scam! The scheduling page is designed
>> to
>> >> look like a real Google Careers page, but it’s actually controlled by
>> >> cybercriminals. If you enter your contact information on the page,
>> you’ll be
>> >> redirected to a fake login screen and instructed to log in to your
>> Google
>> >> account. If you enter your login information, you'll give your personal
>> >> contact details and Google user credentials directly to the scammers!
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>> >> Follow these tips to avoid falling
>> >> victim to this phishing scam:
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>> >> Scammers can create fake web pages that look
>> >> exactly like real ones, so you shouldn’t trust a website based only on
>> >> its appearance. Always make sure that you navigate to an
>> >> organization’s official website before entering any user or contact
>> >> information.
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>> >> Always use caution when selecting links in
>> >> unexpected emails, even if they appear to be legitimate.
>> >> Cybercriminals often try to trick you into acting impulsively so that
>> >> they can steal your personal data.
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>> >> Remember, this type of phishing attack isn’t
>> >> exclusive to Google Careers. Scammers could use this type of attack to
>> >> impersonate any job recruitment site.
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>> >> Regards,
>> >> Dale Maguire, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor II, Services for the
>> Blind and Visually Impaired (SVBI)
>> >> Vocational Rehabilitation New Hampshire (VRNH)
>> >> 21 South Fruit Street, Suite 202
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/21+South+Fruit+Street,+Suite+202+%0D%0A+Concord,+NH+03301?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/21+South+Fruit+Street,+Suite+202+%0D%0A+Concord,+NH+03301?entry=gmail&source=g>>>
>> Concord, NH 03301
>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/21+South+Fruit+Street,+Suite+202+%0D%0A+Concord,+NH+03301?entry=gmail&source=g>
>> >> Office Phone: (603) 406-0609
>> >>
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