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We’ve been getting reports from a lot of people that they are also getting the fake Picasa email.
First and foremost, Picasa (Google) does not send you any email regarding your photos. There are no Picasa Photo Contest. Picasa does not actively “search” for your damaged photos.
Here are some screenshots of the phishing spam emails:
Since when Google sends “corrupted” photo notifications to Picasa Web Albums user? The layout of this spam/phishing email looks exactly the same like the other phishing/spam emails purporting from iMessage, iCloud, Whatsapp, Google Voice, etc.
The scammers keep trying to fool anyone by blindly sending messages to unsuspecting victims. I’ve been getting a lot of reports from acquaintances that they received similar scam email in the past few days.
First off, I always keep an eye for this type of scam emails. Second, I don’t use WhatsApp.
If you’re an iCloud user, forward this message as attachment to spam@icloud.com.
I also use a service called SpamCop at SpamCop.net. If you feel compelled to use their service, please donate if you can.
A colleague of us received an iMessage spam. We’ve heard about it but this is the firat time we’ve actually seen one in person.
Should you received an iMessage Spam, please do the following:
To report unwanted iMessage messages to Apple, please send an email with the following details to: imessage.spam@icloud.com
- Include a screenshot of the message you have received.
- Include the full email address or phone number you received the unwanted message from.
- Include the date and time that you received the message.
In iOS 7, you can block the sender.
This scam is similar to the “Unread Google+ Message” spam that had been going around for a while. Apple does not care if any messages sent through iMessage went unread.
Please report this spam by forwarding this email as attachment to spam@icloud.com.
It is absolutely suspicious to get Google+ Hangouts on an email that has nothing to do with Google account. SPAM!
Dear Spammer,
Please keep sending those fake emails purporting from Google. The more you send, the more I can build a database of your IP footprints.
