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The Head of Instagram<\/a>, Adam Mosseri, 42, says he was very close to being a victim of a well-played phishing scheme<\/a> that involved some very real-looking “secure Google domains.”<\/p>\n Mosseri wrote on Threads<\/a>, which, like Instagram, is owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, said on Tuesday that he “experienced a sophisticated phishing attack yesterday.”<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>Mark Cuban’s Google Account Was Hacked By ‘Sophisticated’ Bad Actors<\/a><\/p>\n Mosseri said he got a call from an 818 number (and he answered). The caller said that his “Google account was compromised, and they sent an email to confirm identity.”<\/p>\n “On the phone, they asked me to change my password using my Gmail app and to *not* say my new password out loud. What was impressive was their email came from forms-receipts-noreply@google.com and linked to sites.google.com\/view\u2026, which of course asked me to sign in\u2026,” he continued.<\/p>\n “The email and the form both coming from secure Google domains (via Google products) might have got me if I hadn’t heard from a friend who experienced a similar attack a year ago,” he added. “Anybody know someone at Google that might want this context?”<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> If Your Bank Is Calling, Don’t Answer. It’s Probably a Scam.<\/a><\/p>\n Threads users, of course, had a day in the comments. To start, many wondered how the top boss at Instagram doesn’t know someone at Google. There were also a lot of jokes.<\/p>\n “>sophisticated attack, >Google called me,” one user replied.<\/p>\n “Adam, I can help you out here. Just need your mom’s maiden name and the street you grew up on,” another responded.<\/p>\n “Not the Head of Instagram believing Google calls you on the phone about resetting your password?” the comments continued.<\/p>\n Google Workspace’s official Threads account<\/a> thanked Mosseri for “flagging” and reminded him that the company will “never” call you.<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> Andy Cohen Lost ‘A Lot of Money’ to a Highly Sophisticated Scam<\/a><\/p>\n “We suspended that form and site yesterday, and we constantly roll out defenses against these types of attacks. As a reminder: Google will never call you about your account,” they wrote, adding a link to their “how to spot scams<\/a>” blog.<\/p>\n Other users said it reminded them of a similar Google phishing scheme from 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n Still, with all the competition in Silicon Valley, we couldn’t help but wonder: Do all executives at Meta use Gmail and Google’s suite of products?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CEOs of Big Tech, they’re just like us.<\/p>\n The Head of Instagram<\/a>, Adam Mosseri, 42, says he was very close to being a victim of a well-played phishing scheme<\/a> that involved some very real-looking “secure Google domains.”<\/p>\n