Google Warns of Email Scam That Impersonates Google Docs
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San Francisco (AP) -- Google said it shut down an email spam campaign that impersonated its online file service, Google Docs.
According to online reports — in particular, a detailed user thread on Reddit — clicking on an emailed share link, purportedly from a known source, was taking users to a site that asked permission for a fake app calling itself "Google Docs" to access their accounts. If they agreed, the app would then send additional copies of the original email to the users' contacts.