Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script
25-09-2026 21:13 via theregister.com

Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script

Yes, criminals have job listings too. A Telegram user recruiting callers to work in an apparent Google Security Team voice-phishing scam told applicants that they weren’t allowed to read from scripts – in the same ad that also included the exact script they had to read during these scam calls. This and other true-crime tales of criminals making fools of themselves appear in the latest installment of the Trellix Advanced Research Center’s Dark Web Roast, which uses memes and moc
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