These malware and attempted phishing emails are on top of 240 million COVID-19 spam emails that Google filters every day, according to a company blog post.
Google said that the scam emails “use both fear and financial incentives to create urgency.”
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Google: We Stop 18 Million COVID-19 Scam Emails a Day
Google just blocked 18 million malicious emails related to the coronavirus pandemic in one week alone, the company said. So reports CNET.
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