Be scam aware: Don’t share your Google Voice verification code

January 4, 2022 – Published on 10Wavy

There are more scams you need to watch out for if you’re shopping online, especially on sites like Facebook Marketplace or CraigsList.

What may seem like an attempt to verify your identity during a sale may actually make you a target for scammers. These scammers will reach out and say they want to make sure you are who you say you are, so they send you a text with a Google Voice verification code. They then ask you to send them that code. Once they get it, they can use it to create a Google Voice Number connected to your phone, which helps them conceal their own identity.

“If any individual is ever asking for a code, that’s an immediate red flag,” said Victor Wieczorek, Vice President of GuidePoint Security. “Those scammers could use that phone number which is tied back down to that individual who fell for it, so if they use that phone number for either malicious activity or scams, then potentially that phone number could be tied back to that individual who fell for that scam in the first place.”

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