Consumer Alert The Google Voice scam: How this verification code scam works and how to avoid it By Alvaro Puig Consumer Education Specialist, FTC October 29, 2021 It’s Cyber Security Awareness month, so the tricks scammers use to steal our personal information are on our minds. If there’s one constant among scammers, it’s that they’re always coming up with new schemes, like the Google Voice verification scam. Have you heard about it? Here’s how it works. Scammers target people who post things for sale on sites like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace. They also prey on people who post looking for help finding their lost pet. The scammers contact you and say they want to buy the item you’re selling — or that they found your pet. But before they commit to buying your item, or returning your pet, they feign hesitation. They might say they’ve heard about fake online listings and want to verify that you’re a real person. Or they might say they want to verify that you’re the pet’s true owner. They send you a text message with a Google Voice verification code and ask you for that code. If you give them the verification code, they’ll try to use it to create a Google Voice number linked to your phone number. (Google Voice gives you a phone number that you can use to make calls or send text messages from a web browser or a mobile device.) So, what’s the harm? The scammer might use that number to rip off other people and conceal their identity. Sometimes these scammers are after a Google Voice verification code and other information about you. If they get enough of your information, they could pretend to be you to access your accounts or open new accounts in your name. If you gave someone a Google Voice verification code follow these steps from Google to reclaim your number. No matter what the story is, don’t share your Google Voice verification code — or any verification code — with someone if you didn’t contact them first. That’s a scam, every time. Report it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Consumer Alert The Google Voice scam: How this verification code scam works and how to avoid it By Alvaro Puig Consumer Education Specialist, FTC October 29, 2021 It’s Cyber Security Awareness month, so the tricks scammers use to steal our personal information are on our minds. If there’s one constant among scammers, it’s that they’re always coming up with new schemes, like the Google Voice verification scam. Have you heard about it? Here’s how it works. Scammers target people who post things for sale on sites like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace. They also prey on people who post looking for help finding their lost pet. The scammers contact you and say they want to buy the item you’re selling — or that they found your pet. But before they commit to buying your item, or returning your pet, they feign hesitation. They might say they’ve heard about fake online listings and want to verify that you’re a real person. Or they might say they want to verify that you’re the pet’s true owner. They send you a text message with a Google Voice verification code and ask you for that code. If you give them the verification code, they’ll try to use it to create a Google Voice number linked to your phone number. (Google Voice gives you a phone number that you can use to make calls or send text messages from a web browser or a mobile device.) So, what’s the harm? The scammer might use that number to rip off other people and conceal their identity. Sometimes these scammers are after a Google Voice verification code and other information about you. If they get enough of your information, they could pretend to be you to access your accounts or open new accounts in your name. If you gave someone a Google Voice verification code follow these steps from Google to reclaim your number. No matter what the story is, don’t share your Google Voice verification code — or any verification code — with someone if you didn’t contact them first. That’s a scam, every time. Report it at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Hyacinth172 发表于 2022-09-24 11:27
Hello: Updated: May 13, 2019 The scam: You put your own personal telephone number (mobile or landline number) out in public somewhere (on a classified ad, or a dating website, or wherever). Some scammer contacts you via text or email about your ad. They tell you a story about how they need you to prove you are a legitimate seller, not a bot (or "a real person"), and that they are using a special phone service that requires that you give them the six-digit code number that will be played to you by an automated verification call you will receive from Google, or via a text message. The scammer is, in reality, going through the Google Voice setup process. The tell Google Voice to call or to text your personal number and it gives you the code, along with a warning to not share the code with anyone. Somehow, you ignore that explicit warning and give the scammer the code number. When you do that, THEY, not you, are issued a Google Voice number, using your personal number as the forwarding number for their account. The fix: You must take your personal number back, away from their Google Voice account. Detailed instructions are below. You do that by (re)adding your personal phone number to either your own existing Google Voice account, or, if you don't have a Google Voice account of your own, then You need to create your own Google Voice account, and add your own, personal phone number to it as a forwarding phone number. At no time do you enter a Google Voice number as a forwarding number. In many cases, the scammer has already removed your forwarding phone number from their account already. Their goal is not to forward calls to your personal phone number, but merely to use it as an "admission ticket" to get their own Google Voice number, use it to scam others, get rid of that number, and then repeat the scam over and over. Go to https://voice.google.com and, if you have never created a Voice account, click the "Get a Voice number" link, and then follow the instructions to get a Google Voice number. When asked for a forwarding phone number, don't enter your number that the scammer stole. Instead, enter some other phone number, at which you can receive one verification call from Google. It can be any non-VoIP home or office or mobile number, which hasn't been previously-used to obtain a Google Voice number. You can remove it later, after you recover your stolen number. This time, do answer the verification call or read the SMS message, and then enter the six digit verification code from Google. Never do this under any circumstances, other than when you initiate this procedure yourself. After your account is set up, go to this page: https://voice.google.com/settings Look at the top section of the page ("Account"). Scroll down to the "Linked numbers" section, and click the box with green text that says "+ New linked number". Now, enter your scammed phone number as the forwarding phone you wish to add. If the reclaim process for this number hasn't been used repeatedly in the past, you will get a warning that the number is currently in use on another account (duh!), and would you like to reclaim it. Respond yes, of course. This will remove the number from the scammer's account. Note: if you do not get a warning that your number is in use, this simply means that the scammer had already removed it from their account, and you now have nothing to worry about. Please don't post more questions, asking if you need to do anything else. Your number is safe, and you are finished. Understand: your own security has not been compromised; this scam only leveraged your personal phone number as an “admission ticket” for the scammer. Please cautious of fraud when interacting with strangers on online sites, especially on Craigslist, which is a frequent target of scammers..
Hello: Updated: May 13, 2019 The scam: You put your own personal telephone number (mobile or landline number) out in public somewhere (on a classified ad, or a dating website, or wherever). Some scammer contacts you via text or email about your ad. They tell you a story about how they need you to prove you are a legitimate seller, not a bot (or "a real person"), and that they are using a special phone service that requires that you give them the six-digit code number that will be played to you by an automated verification call you will receive from Google, or via a text message. The scammer is, in reality, going through the Google Voice setup process. The tell Google Voice to call or to text your personal number and it gives you the code, along with a warning to not share the code with anyone. Somehow, you ignore that explicit warning and give the scammer the code number. When you do that, THEY, not you, are issued a Google Voice number, using your personal number as the forwarding number for their account. The fix: You must take your personal number back, away from their Google Voice account. Detailed instructions are below. You do that by (re)adding your personal phone number to either your own existing Google Voice account, or, if you don't have a Google Voice account of your own, then You need to create your own Google Voice account, and add your own, personal phone number to it as a forwarding phone number. At no time do you enter a Google Voice number as a forwarding number. In many cases, the scammer has already removed your forwarding phone number from their account already. Their goal is not to forward calls to your personal phone number, but merely to use it as an "admission ticket" to get their own Google Voice number, use it to scam others, get rid of that number, and then repeat the scam over and over. Go to https://voice.google.com and, if you have never created a Voice account, click the "Get a Voice number" link, and then follow the instructions to get a Google Voice number. When asked for a forwarding phone number, don't enter your number that the scammer stole. Instead, enter some other phone number, at which you can receive one verification call from Google. It can be any non-VoIP home or office or mobile number, which hasn't been previously-used to obtain a Google Voice number. You can remove it later, after you recover your stolen number. This time, do answer the verification call or read the SMS message, and then enter the six digit verification code from Google. Never do this under any circumstances, other than when you initiate this procedure yourself. After your account is set up, go to this page: https://voice.google.com/settings Look at the top section of the page ("Account"). Scroll down to the "Linked numbers" section, and click the box with green text that says "+ New linked number". Now, enter your scammed phone number as the forwarding phone you wish to add. If the reclaim process for this number hasn't been used repeatedly in the past, you will get a warning that the number is currently in use on another account (duh!), and would you like to reclaim it. Respond yes, of course. This will remove the number from the scammer's account. Note: if you do not get a warning that your number is in use, this simply means that the scammer had already removed it from their account, and you now have nothing to worry about. Please don't post more questions, asking if you need to do anything else. Your number is safe, and you are finished. Understand: your own security has not been compromised; this scam only leveraged your personal phone number as an “admission ticket” for the scammer. Please cautious of fraud when interacting with strangers on online sites, especially on Craigslist, which is a frequent target of scammers..
我理解就是骗子用她的手机号码申请google voice 号，verification code 发给她，她给那个骗子了。
他一直说我的电话号码invalid, 让我给别的号码。。
如果你已经注册 Google voice, 对方应该骗不了你。Google voice 只能注册一次。
第一次用 Facebook marketplace, 第一天就好几个骗子联系我，说要买我的家具，但需要verification code.
网上看还有人猫丢了，骗子说捡到猫要联系你。
facebook market place 现在就是个骗子窝。。 但凡一post出去，回的最快的就是骗子。。 毫无例外的问你要google voice verification code 据说有了code可以控制你的手机。。
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Hello: Updated: May 13, 2019 The scam: You put your own personal telephone number (mobile or landline number) out in public somewhere (on a classified ad, or a dating website, or wherever). Some scammer contacts you via text or email about your ad. They tell you a story about how they need you to prove you are a legitimate seller, not a bot (or "a real person"), and that they are using a special phone service that requires that you give them the six-digit code number that will be played to you by an automated verification call you will receive from Google, or via a text message. The scammer is, in reality, going through the Google Voice setup process. The tell Google Voice to call or to text your personal number and it gives you the code, along with a warning to not share the code with anyone. Somehow, you ignore that explicit warning and give the scammer the code number. When you do that, THEY, not you, are issued a Google Voice number, using your personal number as the forwarding number for their account. The fix: You must take your personal number back, away from their Google Voice account. Detailed instructions are below. You do that by (re)adding your personal phone number to either your own existing Google Voice account, or, if you don't have a Google Voice account of your own, then You need to create your own Google Voice account, and add your own, personal phone number to it as a forwarding phone number. At no time do you enter a Google Voice number as a forwarding number.
In many cases, the scammer has already removed your forwarding phone number from their account already. Their goal is not to forward calls to your personal phone number, but merely to use it as an "admission ticket" to get their own Google Voice number, use it to scam others, get rid of that number, and then repeat the scam over and over. Go to https://voice.google.com and, if you have never created a Voice account, click the "Get a Voice number" link, and then follow the instructions to get a Google Voice number. When asked for a forwarding phone number, don't enter your number that the scammer stole. Instead, enter some other phone number, at which you can receive one verification call from Google. It can be any non-VoIP home or office or mobile number, which hasn't been previously-used to obtain a Google Voice number. You can remove it later, after you recover your stolen number. This time, do answer the verification call or read the SMS message, and then enter the six digit verification code from Google. Never do this under any circumstances, other than when you initiate this procedure yourself. After your account is set up, go to this page: https://voice.google.com/settings Look at the top section of the page ("Account"). Scroll down to the "Linked numbers" section, and click the box with green text that says "+ New linked number". Now, enter your scammed phone number as the forwarding phone you wish to add. If the reclaim process for this number hasn't been used repeatedly in the past, you will get a warning that the number is currently in use on another account (duh!), and would you like to reclaim it. Respond yes, of course. This will remove the number from the scammer's account. Note: if you do not get a warning that your number is in use, this simply means that the scammer had already removed it from their account, and you now have nothing to worry about. Please don't post more questions, asking if you need to do anything else. Your number is safe, and you are finished. Understand: your own security has not been compromised; this scam only leveraged your personal phone number as an “admission ticket” for the scammer. Please cautious of fraud when interacting with strangers on online sites, especially on Craigslist, which is a frequent target of scammers..
用你的名义申请各种东西，然后Google voice验证
也改了邮箱和银行密码，目前就做了这些。。
这些就够了。偷不了你的钱也无法进入你邮箱。这些最重要。
有碰上这样的越南人骗我的，被我怼了回去
美国的同学们 科技的东西真多
这些东西 在欧洲 估计没人知道是啥
哈哈哈
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