


Now, from your Google Voice account, click on the blue plus (+) button to add a second forwarding number. This time, you should enter the code to verify the registration.ģ. Once you provide a forwarding phone number, Google will give you a six-digit code that you are supposed to enter when you receive a call on the forwarding number. The number you use here can later be removed from your Google Voice account.Ģ. When you are asked to provide a forwarding number, enter a phone number different from the one that the scammers "stole." You can use any other phone number as long as you can receive calls on it - you can ask a friend or a relative to give you their phone and thus allow you to use their phone number so that you could complete this step. If you already have a Google Voice account, skip to Step 4.ġ. First, visit and select Get Google Voice if you don't have a Google Voice account. provides step by step what you need to do. If you do fall victim to this Google phone scam, you can take control of your number. When Google sent the verification code, it does state do not share the code with anyone, but for some reason, people ignore that warning.
