According to Sophos' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley, the latest phishing scam to attack Gmail users is quite simple in its approach and includes typos and inconsistencies that give the game away.
But, he says, there will always be a small percentage of the public, perhaps those who are not as IT-savvy, who might worry that they will lose access to their precious Gmail account and respond without thinking.
"It's easy to say that people who fall for an elementary phishing attack like this deserve everything they get, but I find that opinion rather hard-hearted", he said in his latest security blog.
"We should all ensure that friends and family who might be vulnerable – even to unsophisticated attacks like this – are briefed about the threats and helped to avoid them", he added.
Cluley's comments are quite timely, Infosecurity notes – recent reports now measure the number of attack vectors used by cybercriminals, hackers and other electronic ne-er-do-wells as measuring into the tens of thousands every day.
Against this backdrop and the increasing levels of internet penetration, Sophos' senior technology consultant's views ring true, suggesting that a teamwork approach to security is called for.