Gmail – Is ‘Suspicious Sign-In Prevented’ Message Legit?

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I got 3 mails from Gmail today; one each for my 3 seperate Gmail accounts, saying someone from this IP: 109.200.4.130 tried to log-in and it was prevented, and that I should reset my password by following the given link if I don't recognize the address.

Is it real or is it phishing? Is this because I signed into one of Gmail accounts with a VPN? But then again why would I get notices for the other two?

Best Answer

I am the Gmail Community Manager, and I can confirm that we do send email notifications in certain cases such as described here.

Always carefully check the URL and never enter your Google password on a page that is not hosted at google.com. For example, it is OK to enter your password at https://accounts.google.com or https://mail.google.com, but not gooogle.com, g00gle.com, etc.

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