I got a verify email about using my gmail to sign in to firefox which I didn't do.
Hi,
I got an email saying my gmail address was used to sign into firefox, from somewhere in Tanzania?
Is this a phising scam? Email says it's from accounts.firefox.com.
Thanks, Geoffrey
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Go to https://accounts.firefox.com/settings Across from Devices & apps, press Show.
Is anything listed that you don't want? If yes, remove it. Then change the password.
Note: Resetting the sync password, or changing its e-mail, will remove all data from the servers.
This is a security feature. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information
- I've lost my Firefox Sync account information - What to do
- I’ve forgotten, or don't have access to, my Firefox Account email address
The data in your profiles will not be affected.
If there is an unauthorized entry, Change All Passwords Everywhere and verify the e-mails on file with those sites.
Thanks for the replies.
I've never logged into firefox in my life, though I've used it for many years.
I do log into chrome, but there's no way they can compromise my chrome login from firefox right?
Do I need to worry?
You are not logging into Firefox, you are logging into the sync server.
If there are unknowns listed with the sync server, do as I posted above.
GeoffreyPalmer said
from somewhere in Tanzania?
Where are you located?
글쓴이 FredMcD 수정일시
Hello GeoffreyPalmer,
Do you even have a Firefox Sync account ?
I'm asking because you say that you have never logged into
Firefox in your life .....
Did this email come from Google (Gmail)?
Did you ever used a VPN ?
Note that other services like Firefox Monitor and Firefox Send also use a Firefox Account.
cor-el said
Note that other services like Firefox Monitor and Firefox Send also use a Firefox Account.
I was just going to add that, but you beat me to it - good for you !
@FredMcD - I don't currently use any mozilla applications, nor do I currently have or use Firefox. I don't and have never had a firefox/mozilla account of any kind.
@McCoy - no
@cor-el - email comes from accounts.firefox.com
That's why the email I got is so strange.
I'm thinking either: a) the email I got is some kind of phising scam b) somebody has set up a mozilla account using my email and might be trying to steal my identity c) somebody in Tanzania set up a mozilla account and accidently used my email by mistake?
Would it be possible for you to provide a screenshot of that email ?
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Once you've done this, attach the saved screenshot file to your forum post by clicking the Browse... button below the Post your reply box.
I've uploaded a screen shot.
Reading a little closer - it's saying my email was a secondary email? which is still very odd.
I have no idea who the person is. It's not a name I recognize or have in my contacts or anything.
Best, G
This IP is blackisted by some:
You will of course not have verified that email and (as
suggested earlier by FredMcD) changed your password
for that email account ...... (?)
I have not verified the email, but I also haven't changed that password. I should do that though.