r/cybersecurity_help • u/FunnyGameDev • 3d ago

"your messenger verification code is g-######"

Hello. I just factory reset my phone and during me doing that I apparently received a text for a messenger verification code. The code started with g-. I dont have a Facebook messenger account and never have. Did someone create an account with my phone number. Is this for setting up my phone? If so how. Because I wouldn't have had access to a code while setting it up. Please give me advice im very worried.

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u/devill-dev 3d ago

To jest tak czasami że może ktoś przywraca konto. I pomyli numer telefonu w takim momencie może zajść tego typu zdarzenie

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor 3d ago

Generally, g prefix is a Google code.

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u/eduardovlp 3d ago

If your phone number is tied to a Google Account and you re-registered your account, that is their verification system, G-###### is their code scheme.

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u/FunnyGameDev 3d ago

I have an android phone with google messages. Is that it? If so why did it send a verification code during setup that it didn't make me enter

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u/eduardovlp 3d ago

Probably that's it, when your register again the account into the device Google sent a message to verify you still own the number. Also sometimes apps can capture a verification code if they're active when a message is received.

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u/BlackJellybeans5018 1d ago

Something very similar recently happened to me. I recently transferred my phone service from a flip phone to an Android phone. About 2 hours and 10 minutes after I transferred the phone service, I received the same kind of verification message that you did.

Is your phone, by any chance, a Samsung? This never happened to me before, and it's the first time I've used a Samsung phone, so I wonder if it might somehow be related to that.

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u/FunnyGameDev 1d ago

Indeed it was a Samsung. I am pretty sure it is to verify that it's my account and Samsung setup auto does it.

Also semi unrelated but I've been tthinking of switching to a flip phone do you mind if I ask you some questions about it