Phishing attacks is typical done by email or spoofed websites , but being done by the phone is on the rise. Phishing is generally the practice of thieves trying to obtain personal information to help them use it in malicious ways.

Some customers have been reported being called and/or voicemail’s being left requesting to return a call stating they are from Google or Bing (or both).

First goal of any phishing attempt is to scare you into making hasty reactions such as telling you something bads going to happen unless you act fast. 




In this case, they provide some type of warning that they have been trying to contact for a while and they could shutdown the business so its not available on Google or Bing.  For one, that’s impossible and neither Google nor Bing would do that.

If you get a call that is similar make sure to hang up and know your website will not be shutdown.  If you like to share your experience,  reply in the comments on what you experienced and the Caller ID number displayed so it can be added to the spam list.

For more information on this type of attack you can view Google’s own help article that explains in more detail.  https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/106318?hl=en