![]() This trick worked because of the dotted Gmail feature and also because website like Netflix, eBay, Amazon and other government portals treat dot as a symbol and recognise the same email as different. The scammers managed to get hold of the user's card details using the dotted Gmail addresses. Recently, it was reported that a scammer group found out about the feature and they managed to trick Netflix account users. The Gmail dot feature makes sure that the email directed towards a particular user reaches their inbox despite the existence of an extra dot. The security firm Agari found the Gmail dot feature fraud. Now as per a report, taking advantage of the same, some of the cybercriminals are using this feature for various online frauds. ![]() For instance, Google will read same as and Users use the dot in order to register for free trial accounts on online servers but Google read all of them as the same. Google does not recognise the dot in email ids. The email service from Google has a dot feature which sends all the emails to the same account in case users mistakenly added any dot to the email address. ![]() This time they have used the nifty dot feature of Gmail. NEW DELHI: The cyber criminals are getting smarter day by day and are coming up with new ideas to trick users. ![]()
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