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FarhanYusufzai

Was that a phishing attempt?

GMail

Hi all,

A seemingly well-coordinated attack against me?

I got a call from Google (646 number) asking if I had a password reset, dial 1 if no. I did and it said someone will call you back - about 30 minutes later I got a call from a person (650 number) saying someone attempted to do an account reset from Germany (I live in the US) and that it failed. He said I could call back on that line anytime.

Cool.

During the call, he said we would lock any future attempts and asked me to authorize it via a popup on my phone. The popup was a CLEAR "Do you authorize this password reset?" feature - which I denied (Thank God).

Was that the Scam attempt right there...?

He was quiet for a second, saying he saw the failure, seemingly working on something, and then I said I think I'm good, and hung up.

I dialed that number back and the person answered it, so I guess it was a direct line?

A few hours later I got a call from Coinbase saying someone from Germany was attempting to login. This person also said I could call back. I said I had zero crypto whatsoever (I don't have any) and then asked me to set a recovery phrase.

I said no, I'm not interested - he said "are you sure? I have it all setup right here". I said no -- my mind was "if this is the scam call itself, could they get AI to impersonate my voice?"

As soon as I said no again, he hung up --

I called back and got that "the number you dialed in not in service" message.

What I don't get is - If this is a scam, and it probably was, why would they provide me with a phrase? I don't get it...I didn't setup a recovery phrase, so how would they providing me with random words help them?

Should I be worried?

Posted Jul 9, 2025, 4:03 AM UTC

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