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‘You have a meeting’: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially.

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A calendar phishing scam is spreading, in which fake appointment or renewal reminders appear in victims' calendars to lure them into logging in to fake Google, Microsoft or PayPal pages.

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“Appointment or renewal reminder appears in victims’ calendar to lure them into logging in to fake Google, Microsoft or PayPal page You’re preparing for the week ahead and take a look at your Google calendar.”
Guardian Technology, 11 Oct 2026, 06:00.

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