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They tried to scam my wife and I into buying McAfee

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I believe these individuals work for McAfee. I trusted them back in Feb 2022 - I allowed them to access my PC, at that time they installed the software and everything was fine. I paid them $200 - the check was made out to Aleph Information Technologies the phone # they used were 207-506-3754 (but they’re able to disconnect and reconnect these phone #’s). I received a call from that # on 06/01/22, telling me McAfee server crashed and they need to remotely access my PC like first time to correct this, I agreed b/c he knew my checking account # & routing # which is listed on the check. He convinced me to trust him and I gave him access remotely to my PC everything was gibberish on my PC b/c I believe they changed the language instead of English to Indian/Pakistani which one of them told me he was from Pakistan b/c of his accent when I asked where he was from. He then told me a Mark will call me in a a few minutes. That person called and wanted me to access my bank account to refund me my $200. I refused b/c they remotely have access to my PC. He tried to convince me that he can’t see my info as I typed in my username/password. I refused to do so. Told him keep the money but restore my computer. He said I have to sign into my bank account and then it’ll ask me to accept or decline and then he can restore my pc. I said NO! Then he locked my PC. The 2nd person that locked my pc called from 707-300-3163 had an Indian accent. When I called that #, the person that answered didn’t know anything and denied he called me, it wasn’t him because he didn’t have an accent. I then called McAfee and explained to them my story, they said my purchase of the software is legit and it expires in 3 yrs., but that they never contact customers that customers contact them. They weren’t able to help me unlock my PC. I was fuming at this time called 207-506-3754 and said why did you locked me out of my PC. He hung up on me! But, that was after I told him I reported them to McAfee. Called again, it said that # doesn’t exist. Yet a few minutes later, he called me back and gave me the 4 digits password which did unlock my PC! Phew!!! So, today 06/06/22, I received a call from 808-444-4986. Did not pick up…left a voicemail message: this is Sam Williams from McAfee verification team your McAfee will be auto renewed call 808-444-4986. These scammers need to be caught and charged!

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I received an email saying that my 2 year McAfee subscription had successfully been proceed for $323.44. When I called the number to cancel it I was told to download "TeamViewer" so they can take McAfee off my computer. I told him that I did not want him to have access to my screen. He said it was the only way to delete it. A popup from the ScamPulse.com came up on my screen and it asked for my name and address and which bank I used. I told him I was not going to give him my Bank account. He said I needed to open it to be sure the money was refunded. I told it was on a credit card and he can just credit the card. He said it was not possible. I asked for his name and ID. He said his name was Richard Parker #4402. I refused to open my bank. I told him I would open it on my phone and he said that it had to be on my computer. I asked to speak to a supervisor.....they were going to get back to me :) This is a scam to take over computer and get into bank accounts. Not sure if he was able to download malware or get passwords.

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This scammer says they are renewing our virus protection (McAfee) for six years for $999.99. Says they will go ahead and charge our card if they do not hear from us. When you call they ask you to get onto your computer and pull up a particular page - - I did not do that and when I said something to the guy about it being a scam he started yelling at me and arguing, which clinched it for me.

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An email by this company was sent to me requesting that I make a payment to a Protection Plant that I did not have. I called asking what name they have on file and they only have my first name and not my last. I asked if I can have their employee ID along with their first name and the man on the line got defensive. He asked why do I need that, and I let him know that I will call Better Business Bureau and see if this is legitimate. At this point the person hung up the phone and when I tried to call back it would not go through.

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This company claimed to be part of McAffe fraud protection company. I never signed up for this plan and received an email stating I was charged $429.38. The site shows a number to call for "order review". When I called they stepped me through there process at one point I was not able to find the information to click on. After a brief hold they sent me a user name and password. When I put that in my mouse was controlled by someone else and got me to a consent form to cancel the plan. Once that was complete they wanted me so sign into my bank account and except the refund. At this point I knew something was up and told them, I feel someone has control of my computer as they reassured me that was not the case. So I told them before I do that I am restarting my computer. As I tried to do so, I would click to restart it and it would automatically disappear not allowing me to do so, so I told them I am gonna hard boot my computer and they immediately hung up. This is a scam and hope you can get this stopped, Thank you.

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I wanted to report an email my husband received from McAfee Software. I think it's a scam. We do have McAfee. The email was sloppy. Their email is [email protected] It looks like they sent this email to 187 more people. Billing for service $299.99.Three years. Also billing $599.99. which was written out. They gave two amounts. We did not respond. This is not really McAfee. They are trying to impersonate McAfee Security. Their phone number is 830-828-1029. I'm sure this is a bogus number.

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I contacted phone number on email, because the email stated money was going to be taken out of my account, for service render by McAfee. I was to contact phone number for refund of so call money being taken out of my account. When I contacted the individual I spoke to two different people. As the first person pretended to refund me, he hit a key higher than what I entered. That is when the scam began. The person pretended to be in trouble with his supervisor, if I did not help him get the money back. Never go and purchase gift cards and give the scammer the information off the cards. I learned a valuable lesson. They especially target Senior Citizens because we are more vulnerable.

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Received an email disguised as being from McAfee, stating my subscription was ending or may have ended that day. Many grammar/capitalization errors, and the from addresses were funky. Also, two different unsubscribes - on in Las Vegas and one in NJ. Emailed wanted you to click to "protect now," and most likely was phishing for personal info, possibly CC/banking info. I did not click through.

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Recevied an unwanted email for a company, that I do have have any computer products with, stating I was infected with viruses. The email was an impersonator pretending to be with the company Mcafee. The email came from: [email protected] and had a copied image of a real mcafee ad. There was no way to opt out of the scam email without clicking the image. The image led to an unsecure webpage: http://yournames.org.uk/rd/c13644kEcNZ24530081DLPv17INs116320phZd1300

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I received this email this yesterday 27 Apr

I called the number and got a gentle man that wanted me to down load "Any Desk" so he could

Help me cancel the order that was placed by some one in Mt. View, Ca.

He said I could not cancel this order through a McAFee website.

When I refused he told me to go f myself and hung up on me.

Thought you would like know about this scam if you don’t already.

Thank you for choosing McAfee.

Help Desk +1(888) 909-4125

Dear [email protected]

Thank you for choosing McAfee, we are reaching out to remind you that your McAfee Annual Maintenance Service is expired and Auto Renewed today.

We would thank you for the competition of 12 months maintenance plan. We auto renewed your plan and charged $547.98 against your account. We understand that you are busy hence could not get through to you when we tried to contact you.

INFORMATION:

Invoice No. HGTs-HGt1-NQr41685

Order No. HGTs-HGt1-NQr41685

Invoice Date. 4/27/2022

Due date. 4/27/2022

Invoice Amount. $547.98

Support and Billing Team

24*7 Support

(Toll Free) +1(888) 909-4125

For any query/support or to cancel the subscription and to report disputes please call us at our Billing Team ++1(888) 909-4125. Also, in case of any proven dispute you may have your full Refund.

Thank You

McAfee Support

Helpline Number +1(888) 909-4125

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I received an email including an attachment claiming to be an invoice for McAfee. I do not have McAfee nor have I purchased their products. I did confirm with McAfee that I do not have an account. Since the email is from a valid QuickBooks address (the address used to send invoices with QuickBooks) I called Intuit. Intuit confirmed that McAfee is not associated with QuckBooks and does not use their service to generate invoices.

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I was tricked into buying giftcards. I did not send them the numbers, I figured it out prior to sending it. I supposedly talking to Garrett Smith and Mark Ferguson who was supposedly with Discover.

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Receiving daily harassment/cyberstalking/phishing emails to my email address. Today's fradulant e-mail came from: [email protected] and was claiming that my McAfee virus program was expiring. I do not have a Mcafee virus program. I do believe this is a phishing/credit card luring scam perpetrated by the e-mail. The image in the e-mail ad appeared to be a screenshot of a legit Mcafee ad whereby the scammer screenshot the image of the ad, modified it to have a corrupt webpage link, and resent it. There was no way to opt out of the email without clicking the modified image. The modified image link, if clicked, led to an unsecure webpage: http://kingstonmaly.net/rd/c12736pSeUX24530081XebK17CVz118938ILfh1155

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Received an email of a purchase for internet protection for $499.99, and that my checking account was the payer. I called my bank and they said that they showed no such charge, so I called the phone no. in the email to cancel the charge. When I called the person on line assured me that the purchase had been completed and that to get refunded I would need to give him control of my computer screen. I thought that his request was legitimate until I noted that the charge showing on my bank online was for a date 2 days in advance. I then received a form filled out for my refund in the amount of $500, and that I should type into the form $500. The amount shown on the form showed $5000, and was supposedly processed. The agent noted the apparent error, while showing me a bank balance that showed that $5000 had been transferred, and that it would have to rectified. He said he was in trouble as well as me for the error. He asked if there was a King Sooner's or Target in my neighborhood where I could purchase a store card for $4500 to rectify my supposed error. I then hung up and tried to reach my bank, being interrupted several times with the agent calling me back. The bank and I closed my checking account and froze all activity on the old account. Very disturbing!

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An email was sent from McAfee, service that I did use several years ago. The mail was billing me for $399.99, I called the scammer number and they asked to access my computer. Their pretext was that they are an actually company that fights scamming. They had be fill out a form online which indicated that I would be refunded $399.99. Unfortunately, I let them access my computer, email, and my online banking. They fraudently moved $10,000 from my savings account to my checking, but were unable to access my checking account. I will never allow anyone to access by online banking account again!! I have changed the passwords to my banking account and will change my password for my email.

Previously, I had identified this same fraudently billing scam as scam on my rocketmail (Yahoo) account, but they sent me another email billing today. Please prevent these scammers from ever running their scams again!

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I received an email, supposedly from McAfee, on 4-11-2022 thanking me for automatically renewing my antivirus software by purchasing from them McAfee Antivirus Plus for $499.00. I don't have McAfee, I have Trend Microsecurity antivirus. I called the number given to inquire about this. A young sounding man with thick accent asked for my purchase order. I almost gave the entire number, but then thought twice and hung up. That's all the information I gave them and I did not click any of the links within the email for fear they might contain viruses or malware.

This is the copied and pasted content of the email:

McAfee_E_Payment

Mon 4/11/2022 4:02 AM

McAfee

Your antivirus has been auto renewed. Your McAfee antivirus will upgrade automatically.

Here are the details of your invoice.

Dear Customer,

Order to- [email protected]

Order Id:MCA-HJ7546 K7668 Date:04.11.2022

Qty: 1

Item: McAfee Antivirus Plus

Amount: $499.00

Validity: April 11, 2025

Please keep these details in a safe place.

*Online purchase will take 48 hrs to reflect in the system.

For queries related, talk to our helpdesk: **+1** **802** **451** **0503**

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Received ANOTHER SCAM email today April 9, 2022 @ 11:06 AM from a McAfee impostor.

Contents of email are as follows:

Your McAfee Order Dispatch Information!#(****************)

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****** ******** 11:06 AM

To undisclosed-recipients@missing-domain, missing-domain Blind copy ******************* 1 attachment

HELLO USER

THANKS REGARD TEAM McAfee

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Received an email stating that their system has detected 13 viruses on my computer and that it might be at risk. The email also stated that my subscription expired today.

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they sent me this, it is a Scam and I did not order anything

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