Don’t Fall for This 'New' Google AI Scam

Tech headlines are abuzz this morning about a new AI scam targeting Google users. Forbes published a piece detailing two experiences with scammers, both of which involved likely AI-generated phone calls and multi-step schemes. Here’s the thing, though: These scams aren’t necessarily "new," and you should be wary of them—whether the actor purports to be from Google or not.

Watch out for these Google Account scams

Forbes' reporting highlights two specific but similar examples of this type of scam: One victim, Sam Mitrovic of Microsoft, received an alert regarding an account recovery request, which, when legitimate, are usually triggered when someone forgets their password. Because unprompted account recovery requests are often malicious in nature, Mitrovic ignore the alert, but received a phone call from "Google Support" just 40 minutes later. Mitrovic ignored this call, too, but soon after, received another alert followed 40 minutes later by a "Google Support" call.

This time, Mitrovic answered, to find a "representative" with an American accent who asked if Mitrovic had traveled recently, particularly to Germany. The answer was…