[PSA] Just a warning about a new type of scam using Google Drive.

So I've got this strange notification on my phone today that looks a bit like standard email notification from Gmail app. But quickly I've realised that this one is actually from Google Drive.

My guess is that scammers take emails from various leaks (my email leaked during Ledger database hack couple years back) and they just send spam to those emails and casting a net for potential victims.

Anyway, this is quite interesting because it looks kind of legit, like someone just shared a file with you and wants you to open it. But they do include a link in that file which I've painted over just in case. It gave me a little pause and if I was still at university when I used to share a lot of files with friends from uni I'd probably consider clicking on it. But when you expand the notification box you can see it's talking about crypto.

Remember that most scams will try and rush you to take some sort of action quickly, this is to put you off guard, notice that last line at the bottom: "Plesae pay attention! You have 1 hours..." to take action blah blah blah. They even made a mistake spelling 1 'hours' lol.

Also I'm not 100% sure how this scam works because I did go to my Google Drive page and I've searched for 'files shared with you' and I can't see it. I'm guessing it's because the file is not actually shared with me, I'm only 'mentioned' in it, my email address is to be precise.

Anyway, stay safe out there people and don't click on random links.

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