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Why is Google asking for my phone number?

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Why is Google asking for my phone number? Mike CH. 10/17/10 12:14 PM On rare occasions Google may ask you to provide your phone number to regain access to your account. I am being asked to provide a phone number to get back into my account, is this legit? If you logged in and were taken to a special web page that asks
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? gamitchell3 10/19/10 1:52 PM Is this e-mail for real from google or someone phishing   From: Gmail [mailto:info.ve...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:04 PM To: sup...@google.com Subject: Your Account We are shutting down some email accounts due to congestion
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? hsharpjr 10/19/10 2:33 PM I got this identical message.It feels like a fake. HELPPlease someone of GMAIL post a notice on this one.
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? sandyinde 10/19/10 9:23 PM I got this too. Surely it is a fake.  Let me know.
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? kelilm59 10/19/10 11:25 PM I received this today as well on l0/20/2010...Is it legitimate?
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? aldarmaki.s 10/20/10 4:26 AM I got the same message - is that a spam???
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? kurthanson 10/20/10 8:56 AM My account was hacked by sulim...@gmail.com, can google please terminate this account.
Re: Why is Google asking for my phone number? Mike CH. 10/20/10 12:02 PM That message is a scam, see the sticky post called "Account terminations". Note the answer to the first question in my post