Gmail users have been urged to keep an eye out for a hard-to-spot scam tactic used by fraudsters - and it involves exploiting a new security feature introduced by Google just last month.
The tech giant recently rolled out an upgrade allowing verified senders to add a blue tick to their email addresses, designed as an easy way to let recipients know that their messages have come from a reliable source. However, it appears that the new system is not completely fool-proof - after a cyber security expert warned of scammers finding a way to use the blue ticks in order to appear genuine.
Security engineer Chris Plummer shared worrying evidence of the new scam on Twitter, showing an email he received himself of a forged UPS delivery message sporting the blue tick. While the verification symbol may lure users into believing that the message is genuine at first glance, a closer look reveals that the correspondence is not from the courier company and is highly likely to be a money-grabbing scam, The Mirror reports.
