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The Google "claim dispute" page from a phone callNOT GOOGLE
A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.
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A legal representative sent a death certificate and asked for the contents of your Google Account.
You have 24 hours to dispute this claim, or your account will be transferred.
Always check the address.
A calm caller says someone sent a death certificate to take over your account, then emails you this page. It starts with google.com, but anyone can make a sites.google.com page; your real account lives at myaccount.google.com.
myaccount.google.com is where your real Google account lives.
sites.google.com is Google's free website maker: anyone can put a page there.
It shows your own sign-ins and lets you check them.
It wants the case number the caller gave you and your phone number.
No call, no scare.
24 hours, or your account is "transferred".
RememberGoogle never calls you about your account. Hang up, and check myaccount.google.com yourself.
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