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BSdetect

(8,995 posts)
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:20 PM Oct 2022

Just had an email claiming that my McAffee subscription had expired and click to renew

Pretty obviously a scam as I've never used that software and never liked it from what I read about the original McAffee guy.

Anyone confirm that it is just another scam?

Did not click on the email of course.

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Just had an email claiming that my McAffee subscription had expired and click to renew (Original Post) BSdetect Oct 2022 OP
I get them all the time. send to spam and delete. Also the Geek Squad supposed invoices. hlthe2b Oct 2022 #1
I am getting a bunch that has some kind of "gift" from a major business rurallib Oct 2022 #8
Yep - used to get it frequently rurallib Oct 2022 #2
It is a common scam. I've gotten several. Nt spooky3 Oct 2022 #3
Same as car warranty's. True Blue American Oct 2022 #7
Exactly nt spooky3 Oct 2022 #11
I get those all the time. Haggard Celine Oct 2022 #4
I have received a MOMFUDSKI Oct 2022 #5
Get them often. True Blue American Oct 2022 #6
I get them all the time and I just delete them kimbutgar Oct 2022 #9
Classic phishing no_hypocrisy Oct 2022 #10
I got a UPS one once. I had just put up the UPS App. A few weeks applegrove Oct 2022 #12
I get them, too. cilla4progress Oct 2022 #13
Is there no way to stop these scumbags? Draconian penalties? BSdetect Oct 2022 #14
I get them, don't have Mcafee doc03 Oct 2022 #15

hlthe2b

(102,131 posts)
1. I get them all the time. send to spam and delete. Also the Geek Squad supposed invoices.
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:21 PM
Oct 2022

Likewise the Paypal invoices (these are good spoofs--however if your name is not inserted, they are fake).

rurallib

(62,382 posts)
8. I am getting a bunch that has some kind of "gift" from a major business
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:27 PM
Oct 2022

(eg Kohl's, Southwest airline on and on). The sender is a long string of symbols and it changes of every email. I don't open them and mark them as 'phishing' but the email provider seems to have a hard time getting them in its sights.

they are almost like the email version of the covid virus. It literally changes with every iteration.

Just thought I would mention it in case others get hit by them. Been going on for @ 2 months now with about ten to tweety a day

rurallib

(62,382 posts)
2. Yep - used to get it frequently
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:21 PM
Oct 2022

haven't seen one since summer. Never opened them just marked them 'phishing' and moved on.

Haggard Celine

(16,835 posts)
4. I get those all the time.
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:24 PM
Oct 2022

Try to ignore them. I would tell you to have those emails blocked but you would probably have to open the email in order to block more of them.

kimbutgar

(21,055 posts)
9. I get them all the time and I just delete them
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:27 PM
Oct 2022

I also have been getting an email saying that my Amazon account is suspended and i should hit they link they provide to log in and to re open my account. Of course there is no info about amazon at the bottom of The email and I just delete and put in spam.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)
12. I got a UPS one once. I had just put up the UPS App. A few weeks
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 04:38 PM
Oct 2022

later I got an email saying I only had to pay 2.xx by debit card to release my package. It was Christmas so I didn't have a tally of all the packages I bought. Someone then used my debit card numbers to buy stuff at a men's store. I caught it quick as my bank account informed me there was a big withdrawal. Pain in the ass but I use my credit card now more than my debit card.

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