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Publication Date: 2026-09-23 14:03:00
The offer is for access to about $200 worth of Anthropic’s Claude Max service. But the real price could be giving scammers access to everything in your Google accounts.
A new phishing scam reported by the cybersecurity service Malwarebytes works like this: The scam claims that Anthropic is celebrating attracting 100 million users by giving 10,000 people a free month of Claude Max with x20 limits. The offer, which includes “extended thinking” and “priority access to Opus and Sonnet, no caps,” is actually all cap. It’s a fake offer that leads to a Google login page meant to steal login and password information, which could in turn open up access to Gmail, Google Docs and other non-Google accounts that use your Google information.
The fake giveaway, Malwarebytes said in its report, is different from many other phishing attempts because of how convincing it looks.
“The presentation is careful, down to the real logo and colors, invented five-star reviews,…
