14 DAY TRIAL // Following the recent Google announcement that you're now able to increase the Gmail storage size by buying additional space, the Internet hackers moved quite quickly and are now trying to exploit this offer. According to 5thirtyone, numerous Gmail users received emails from a dangerous persons who encouraged them to visit a phishing website and to enter their username and password in order to receive 100 GB of free storage size for their mail account. The phishing website, GmailUpgrades, looked quite similar to the official Gmail page, with the same log-in form just like the original one powered by the Mountain View company.
"Dear Gmail customer, from now if you need more than 2 GB of space use this invitation and upgrade your account to 100 GB of space also you can register one free domain name via this invitation your account upgrade will done after 24 hours your invitation code is [the phishing website]. Thank You, Gmail Support Department," the email sent to numerous users read.
The interesting matter is that the phishing website was quickly shut down but there are no statements concerning the successful exploitations of the Gmail users. If you received this message and you clicked on the link, you should really change your password as soon as you can because the hacker might already read your emails.
As you know, the Mountain View company announced a few weeks ago that you're able to increase the Gmail storage capacity using a special offer that allows you to buy additional space for a yearly fee. For example, you can buy 6 GB for $20 per year, 25 GB for $75 per year, 100 GB for $250 per year and 250 GB for $500 per year. If you didn't know, the storage size can be also used for Picasa, the photo service that allows you to store all your pictures on the web.