McAfee Expiry + Scams

[Norkie]

I didn't think that McAfee existed 49 years ago??

 

[ancient_mariner]

Indeed. [emoji849]

 

[Norkie]

Sorry, should have put a smiley on the end. I thought it was funny

 

[Leroy4bz]

I’ve been getting spoof McAfee emails for the last few months, up to 10 a day, I don’t even use
It’s got so bad I’ve changed my email on all sites that I spend money on. Still amazes me that people fall for it

 

[RIR]

I wouldn’t use it if was free....

 

[gramps]

Still amazes me that people fall for it

Nearly £10m ($13.3m) has been lost to sophisticated “cloning” investment scams since the UK lockdown began in March, new data has revealed.

More than 200 British retail investors were affected by the scam as fraudsters cloned genuine investment management companies’ products, websites and documentation, according to the Investment Association (IA).

The trade body added that scammers then promoted fake products on sham price comparison websites and adverts on social media and search engines.

Losses added up to £9.4m between March and mid-October, with the total number of reported incidents of scams nearly quadrupling from approximately 300 in July to 1175 in October.

No wonder they keep trying!

 

[Mr Bump]

yeah I am a lifetime IT guy and the scam emails I have seen are just bonkers good.
Almost like they can see into people heads, very sophisticated, the COVID vaccine scams also.

 

[Norkie]

Just picking up on this again, this text received today on my wife's phone.


I am of course deleting this garbage, be warned.