The scam: The fix: At no time do you enter a Google Voice number as a forwarding number. The scammer might use that number to rip off other people and conceal their identity.This is a sneaky and dangerous scam that allows fraudsters to hijack your phone number and use it to scam other people. The scam where you tell them the verification code that gets sent to your number? The Google Voice scam tricks its victim into disclosing a verification code that can associate a bogus phone number with the victim's phone. To prevent unwanted access to your account, it's important you don't reply to any requests for your verification code. Google Voice scams occur when fraudsters link a Google Voice number to your phone number. All they need is a unique verification code that they get from you. Because the scammer can use your verification code to link a Google Voice number to your account. The criminals act like interested buyers and try to convince you to share your Google verification code with them.