Originally Posted by
G-CPTN
I have received an email from 'Google' with the following message:-
Someone just used your password to try to sign in to your account. Google blocked them, but you should check what happened.
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If someone has my username and email address and my password - why would Google block it?
Should I respond - or is this a sophisticated phishing attempt?
This occurs of they don't like something about your login attempt - for example you logged in over a vpn that made it look as if you were in a strange country.
I would avoid the magic link (just in case) and just log in to google in the usual way.
You may be forced by google to change your password.