The scam: The fix: At no time do you enter a Google Voice number as a forwarding number. Here's how it works.Scammers target people who post things for sale on sites like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace. Fraudsters will sign their targets up for Google Voice to access their verification code and hijack the account and personal information. The scam where you tell them the verification code that gets sent to your number? This is a sneaky and dangerous scam that allows fraudsters to hijack your phone number and use it to scam other people. 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. If someone is requesting your Google verification code in order to track their phone, it is likely a scam or phishing attempt. Never give out your Google Voice verification code.