(And make that request text-only, so there's no room for phishing. Confirm your decision by clicking Block on the next pop-up. Next, look for the offending document or file that was sent to you. If you close access and someone outside of your contacts wants to share anything with you, they'd have to request to do so beforehand. Head over to in a web browser and find the tab. Sometimes spammers imitate Google emails and will try to trick you into downloading. Better yet, make that the default, and let those who want to open up their email address opt out of it manually so it's a conscious choice. In order to backup your Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive. Let users set privacy preferences in Calendar, Drive, and Photos to only allow event invites or file shares and mentions from people in their contacts. The only way to stop this kind of abuse is to nip it in the bud. Using algorithms to detect spam after it happens is clearly not a solution to this recurring problem, because as long as there's a door, whether it's wide open or slightly ajar, scammers will slip right in.
Even when there's no large-scale spam campaign like this one, there are always small ones affecting users here and there. Google says it's working on stopping this new phishing method, but we all know a new one will come sooner or later.
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