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I've never encountered this @mentions Spam, are they using it as some mechanism for verifying a Gmail account? I received a notification from Gmail the other d

I've never encountered this @mentions Spam, are they using it as some mechanism for verifying a Gmail account? I received a notification from Gmail the other day that "Someone added <made-up-email-address@my domain> as their recovery email.". And my only option was to disconnect the email. By disconnecting the email, I would be confirming to the account owner that the email landed in someone's inbox. By not confirming the email, I would be allowing my domain to be associated with a Gmail account potentially used for nefarious activity. Given Google's scorched earth approach to deactivating associated Google Accounts when it comes to things like the Play Store, I felt I needed to disconnect the account.

cube00 4y ago
Just for sending plain old spam because they know these notifications bypass a lot of the filtering. Removed the names in case they've come from hacked accounts. Google Drive > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) has invited you to view the following document: Private__file-Nyela-(random characters) > If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive The painful part is the last bit, you can only block that single sender, you can't turn off all notifications. Google Docs > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) mentioned you in a comment in the following document Direct_message_with_Salma > 1 comment > Random Name • 4:58 PM, Jul 11 Contact Helen and rate her request to date here https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomcharacters https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomchara... Google Docs has the same problem, you follow the link to turn it off and you end up at: > Notification settings of myemailaddress@gmail.com for Direct_message_with_Salma So you can only ever disable notifications from that single document.

cube00 4y ago

Just for sending plain old spam because they know these notifications bypass a lot of the filtering. Removed the names in case they've come from hacked accounts. Google Drive > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) has invited you to view the following document: Private__file-Nyela-(random characters) > If you don't want to receive files from this person, block the sender from Drive The painful part is the last bit, you can only block that single sender, you can't turn off all notifications. Google Docs > Random Name (randomcharactershere@gmail.com) mentioned you in a comment in the following document Direct_message_with_Salma > 1 comment > Random Name • 4:58 PM, Jul 11 Contact Helen and rate her request to date here https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomcharacters https://morerandomcharacters.example/evenmoremorerandomchara... Google Docs has the same problem, you follow the link to turn it off and you end up at: > Notification settings of myemailaddress@gmail.com for Direct_message_with_Salma So you can only ever disable notifications from that single document.