Google thinks i try reset somebody's password but I DIDN'T!!!!!!!

[f23948]

Can anyone who's that for? I DIDN'T try to reset somebody's password

 

 

[Supersonicwolfe]

Someone might entered wrong number, or was your number's previous owner and forgot to change the phone number, or used your number without your consent... 

 

As far as I know there is no way get around that...

 

You might want to send a email to that gmail address tell that user to get off your number.

[Vishera]

Someone used your phone number for 2 factor authentication,

It is very likely that they used to own your phone number before you owned it.

[TetraSky]

It could be an elaborated scam, but you could send an email to that email, saying they entered the wrong number so that they change it.

[Middcore]

I wouldn't worry about it, there are innocuous reasons this could have happened as people have already explained. 

 

If you really want to be nice, you could send an email to that address saying "Hey, I'm getting your Google authentication texts, better check the number you're using." If they start trying to chat you up, assume it's some sort of scam and break off contact.

 

Otherwise I'd ignore it. 

[LAwLz]

Just to confirm. 

The email adress in the sms is not your own and you have never seen it before, right? 

[f23948]

9 hours ago, LAwLz said:

Just to confirm. 

The email adress in the sms is not your own and you have never seen it before, right? 

That's correct 

[demonix00]

Be advised that caller ID information can be EASILY faked and that (at least in the UK) the number used for google 2FA codes can't be replied to.

[Mark Kaine]

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Google thinks

unless google is called 22000 in ur country,  google probably has nothing to do with that message. 

 

i strongly recommend u to not click on any of those links.

 

u know that u aren't supposed to click on links of unsolicited messages right?

 

edit: if u want to do "something" contact google and ask what's up with that - but again,  i wouldn't click on any of these links... 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

45 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

unless google is called 22000 in ur country,  google probably has nothing to do with that message. 

 

i strongly recommend u to not click on any of those links.

 

u know that u aren't supposed to click on links of unsolicited messages right?

 

edit: if u want to do "something" contact google and ask what's up with that - but again,  i wouldn't click on any of these links... 

22000 is probably a Google sms notification number.

 

plus Google.com/password is a valid Google short link

[Mark Kaine]

52 minutes ago, Helpful Tech Witch said:

22000 is probably a Google sms notification number.

 

plus Google.com/password is a valid Google short link

yeah "probably". 

 

(mine isnt a number hence that is pretty sus and why click a link on a sus message  - its exactly what you should *never* do) 

 

ps: also @gmai...?  

 

really? why would google type like that? they censored the "l.com" ?  come on lol... 

 

honestly the answers in here are astounding "just email that account" jc no wonder there are so many hacks...

 

again: *never click on links in unsolicited emails* that's exactly how they get you,  doesn't matter if it looks legit,  you simply don't  

 

YOU CAN CONTACT GOOGLE IN ANY OTHER WAY DIRECTLY YOU DO NOT NEED THIS LINK OR MESSAGE A RANDOM HIGHLY SUSPECT EMAIL ADDRESS 

 

 

 

[Lurick]

20 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah "probably". 

 

(mine isnt a number hence that is pretty sus and why click a link on a sus message  - its exactly what you should *never* do) 

 

ps: also @gmai...?  

 

really? why would google type like that? they censored the "l.com" ?  come on lol... 

 

honestly the answers in here are astounding "just email that account" jc no wonder there are so many hacks...

 

again: *never click on links in unsolicited emails* that's exactly how they get you,  doesn't matter if it looks legit,  you simply don't  

 

YOU CAN CONTACT GOOGLE IN ANY OTHER WAY DIRECTLY YOU DO NOT NEED THIS LINK OR MESSAGE A RANDOM HIGHLY SUSPECT EMAIL ADDRESS 

 

 

 

It's not censored, it's cut down due to length of the email address after a certain number of characters....

22000 is the SMS shortcode for google in the US and Canada

[Mark Kaine]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

22000 is the SMS shortcode for google in the US and Canada

Ok, that clears that up, it simply says GOOGLE here, and the message text for password reset is completely different too. i still wouldn't under any circumstances message that email address.  just contact google and ask for help, i guess? 

 

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

it's cut down due to length of the email address after a certain number of characters 

thats still really strange,  typing it out would have used the same number of characters? 

[Lurick]

9 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Ok, that clears that up, it simply says GOOGLE here, and the message text for password reset is completely different too. i still wouldn't under any circumstances message that email address.  just contact google and ask for help, i guess? 

 

thats still really strange,  typing it out would have used the same number of characters? 

Still no harm in contacting someone though, completely agree.

If the email was longer it would have cut it off sooner but the ...? is common for truncating output in my experience.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

6 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

yeah "probably". 

 

(mine isnt a number hence that is pretty sus and why click a link on a sus message  - its exactly what you should *never* do) 

 

ps: also @gmai...?  

 

really? why would google type like that? they censored the "l.com" ?  come on lol... 

 

honestly the answers in here are astounding "just email that account" jc no wonder there are so many hacks...

 

again: *never click on links in unsolicited emails* that's exactly how they get you,  doesn't matter if it looks legit,  you simply don't  

 

YOU CAN CONTACT GOOGLE IN ANY OTHER WAY DIRECTLY YOU DO NOT NEED THIS LINK OR MESSAGE A RANDOM HIGHLY SUSPECT EMAIL ADDRESS 

 

 

 

Yea 22000 is the Google code. 
 

But also there is no harm in emailing a email adress, even if they’ll try to scam you or something.

[TetraSky]

8 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

unless google is called 22000 in ur country,  google probably has nothing to do with that message. 

 

22000 is Google's SMS number for 2FA (I'm in Canada). I got messages from them on my phone as well.

I don't know if these short numbers can be spoofed, but at the very least, I can confirm to you that 22000 is indeed one of Google's numbers.

[Mark Kaine]

On 2/25/2023 at 12:00 AM, TetraSky said:

22000 is Google's SMS number for 2FA (I'm in Canada). I got messages from them on my phone as well.

I don't know if these short numbers can be spoofed, but at the very least, I can confirm to you that 22000 is indeed one of Google's numbers.

in hindsight i figured... i mean its actually called google here, but i also had issues believing OP got so many messages *prior* to this incident... i get those like once a year or so ...

 

still dont think its a good idea to email a potential scammer - you know, just in general don't do that... tell Google, let them deal with it, just makes more sense imo. plus it might work out fine this time, but what about next time its just simply not a good idea (thats besides im p sure those totally "safe" urls can be spoofed too...)