I got three emails supposedly from Gmail at the same time. All were in reference to changing things on my account. Sorry but this is going to be lengthy as I will include the emails. Here they are...
email title was 'Gmail Upgrade Confirmation'
Code:
Dear Google Account holder:
Thank you for adding Gmail to your Google Account. Your Gmail address and
primary username is
****************@gmail.com
You may continue to sign in with your old email address if you prefer:
*********@hotmail.com
Sincerely,
The Google Accounts Team
Note: This email address cannot accept replies. To fix an issue or learn
more
about your account, visit our help center:
//support.google.com/accounts/
Note that this is supposed to be from Gmail yet it references my Hotmail account. There is no relationship between the two so this is the first indication of bogus.
Second email... This reports a sign in from Firefox.
Email title: 'New sign-in from Firefox on Windows'.
Code:
Hi,
Your Google Account ******@hotmail.com was just used to sign in from Firefox on Windows. *******@hotmail.com
Windows
Thursday, January 14, 2016 2:57 AM (GMT)
Firefox
Don't recognize this activity?
Review your recently used devices now.
Why are we sending this? We take security very seriously and we want to keep you in the loop on important actions in your account.
We were unable to determine whether you have used this browser or device with your account before. This can happen when you sign in for the first time on a new computer, phone or browser, when you use your browser's incognito or private browsing mode or clear your cookies, or when somebody else is accessing your account.
Best,
The Google Accounts team
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For more information, visit the Google Accounts Help Center.
You received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google product or account.
© 2016 Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
The clincher! If I had in fact changed things within my Gmail account I would have gotten emails to confirm, I got none.
Here is the third email... It states that my password has been changed yet I got no email to confirm a password change and my current password still works. If my password had been actually changed I would get a failure notice in Live mail when checking for emails. I get no such failure.
Email title: 'Your password changed'.
Code:
Your password changed
Hi,
The password for your Google Account *****@hotmail.com was recently changed.
Don't recognize this activity?
Click here for more information on how to recover your account.
Best,
The Google Accounts team
This email can't receive replies. For more information, visit the Google Accounts Help Center.
You received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google product or account.
© 2016 Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
Again please notice that the actual email account referenced is Hotmail, not gmail This just HAS to be bogus. If my password had actually been changed I would get a failure on receive/send through the account via Live Mail which I do not