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(EDIT): Left my slightly off-topic comment below as it may be useful to some people anyway; as the two child commenters pointed out, this doesn't necessarily re
by thevibesman 10y ago
(EDIT): Left my slightly off-topic comment below as it may be useful to some people anyway; as the two child commenters pointed out, this doesn't necessarily relate. It seems as if this was an attack, the non-gmail email must have been compromised as well as I don't see a way to turn off these notifications.
From what I have seen assisting others with compromised Google accounts (most likely due to a phishing attack, but unconfirmed), emails that would give away the compromise are usually deleted---either manually or via a filter[1].
Sometimes these deleted mails can be retrieved because they not purged completely, but deleted mail does not show up in GMail search.
[1]: If you believe your account has been compromised, check your email filters, I've seen weird delete filters added to accounts.
- zippergz 10y agoBut the email address on his account is not Gmail, so an attacker would have had to separately compromise his non-Google mail server to do achieve any of this.
- thevibesman 10y agoOh, its been a long day; I guess I forgot about that when I came back to comment. (EDIT:) Thanks for the correction.
- zippergz 10y agoI should have said, despite the fact that it doesn't fit in this specific case, your overall advice is very good. This is quite common and definitely something people should be aware of.
- reboog711 10y agoFrom the article: "I currently do not have a Gmail account associated with my Google account" Given that; I'm not sure any Gmail search settings or filters apply in this situation.