Phishing Example: Google Docs Download

February 22, 2016

What makes this a Phishing message?

  • The sender address attempts to appear to be from Google but is clearly a fake address.
  • The look and feel of the message is a forgery of the typical notification received when a Google doc is shared.
  • The "Secure Message" link does not point to a Google doc, it leads to a malicious website.


Original Message:

Subject: Download Doc
From: Google Doc <Google@Googledocss.com>
Date: 2/22/2016 5:45 AM
To: xxxx@berkeley.edu

Google Docs phish example

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