Google Calendar Russian Spam

And how do i get rid of it.

Google calendar russian spam. The calendar scam is a very effective scheme as most people have become used to receiving spam messages from emails or messenger apps said maria vergelis security researcher at kaspersky. While google calendar spam is growing spamming meeting invitations in online calendars is not new. Calendar spam is not new. Spammers were able to exploit a similar apple feature in 2016.

An email containing an invitation to an. If your calendar is filled with repeating spam events you should be able to remove them in batches by going to google calendar on your computer clicking one of the recurring spam. Calendar spam this entry was posted on tuesday september 3rd 2019 at 2 56 pm and is filed under security tools you can follow any comments to this entry through the rss 2 0 feed. A lot of these columns start out with a reader or friend or family member who needs help with a computer or technology issue.

Updated with comment from google and revised instructions for removing calendar spam. It s actually remarkably easy for scammers to abuse google calendar and spam your account here s a recent example found on reddit all they need to do is send an email to your gmail account. This story was originally published on may 11 2018. Phone call sits an appointment you weren t expecting.

For some time now google calendar users have been vulnerable to a rather nasty type of spam that seems to have gained momentum lately. How d russian spam get on my calendar.