Billions of Gmail users urged to check Google’s new ‘dark web danger’ button to avoid bank-emptying disaster

GOOGLE is bringing an important safety feature to Gmail that allows you to check if your email address is on the dark web.

Email addresses can end up on the dark web after data breaches on other sites.

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It's here that cyber crooks can get hold of them to carry out bank fraud and ID theft.

So now Google is offering a new scan checker to Gmail to see if yours is on the dark web, as well as providing some security advice.

The feature isn't completely new.

Before now, Google One users could give it a whirl, but now it'll be available to everyone for free.

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People in the US will be first to benefit in the coming weeks.

The tool will be made available in "select international markets" too at some point.

However, the tech giant hasn't said when.

"Run one-off scans to see if your email address is on the dark web," the alert reads.

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"Take action to protect yourself with guidance on what to do if your info is found."

Once it launches, you should find it in the options menu you with a "Run scan" button.

If your details are found on the dark web it'll recommend things like settings up two-step authentication to make it harder for scammers to access your account.

It'll also state the number of times your account was detected on the dark web from various data dumps.

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