xylophone Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 This may have been going on for some time and I've not noticed it, or it may have been mentioned elsewhere, however over the past couple of months I have been getting emails, thanking me for my purchase of McAfee software and quoting an order number. Of course I have labelled them as spam and most of them find their way into the spam folder, but a few seem to escape. As yet I haven't opened one of the invoices, but have viewed the email, and I suspect that if one did open the invoice (mainly because it asks for feedback on it) it may contain a virus or some sort of malware. Just saying: – BEWARE false McAfee invoices/orders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, xylophone said: This may have been going on for some time and I've not noticed it, or it may have been mentioned elsewhere, however over the past couple of months I have been getting emails, thanking me for my purchase of McAfee software and quoting an order number. Of course I have labelled them as spam and most of them find their way into the spam folder, but a few seem to escape. As yet I haven't opened one of the invoices, but have viewed the email, and I suspect that if one did open the invoice (mainly because it asks for feedback on it) it may contain a virus or some sort of malware. Just saying: – BEWARE false McAfee invoices/orders. Dont need anti virus software. Its useless anyway. I havent used any for 20 years. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 McAfee probably one of the most frequent spam mails. Must be billions. After having marked them as spam in the mail SW a couple of times it is quiet now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, xylophone said: but have viewed the email Can you view details of the mail with the effective sender address? (not what's displayed in the overview) It's about the best method to uncover spam/fake mails. Example: "muckenschlabble.com", definitely not from Tinder Edited November 27, 2023 by KhunBENQ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 Spam always has bad Ebglish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, bignok said: Spam always has bad Ebglish Don't rely on that. Some senders have much improved. Check the real sender address. Check whether the mail contains any personal data (your name/address, contract/delivery number that you can verify). Or is it just "Dear customer" etc. One of the worst and hard to recognize is the "booking.com" scam. There the sender address is legit AND it has real booking data. Quite a shame for booking.com, Edited November 27, 2023 by KhunBENQ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HighPriority Posted November 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, bignok said: Spam always has bad Ebglish And sometimes it just posts dribble adnauseum… 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) I purge every new device I get from anything that remotely smells of McAfee. Each mail/promotion sender blacklisted and where possible reported. It's not like there's a shortage of similar software and service providers, no need to go with the most annoying one (never mind the potential damage). Edited November 27, 2023 by Morch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1 hour ago, HighPriority said: And sometimes it just posts dribble adnauseum… You mean drivel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPriority Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 7 hours ago, bignok said: You mean drivel I know what I wrote and intended. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiian Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 8 hours ago, Morch said: I purge every new device I get from anything that remotely smells of McAfee. Each mail/promotion sender blacklisted and where possible reported. It's not like there's a shortage of similar software and service providers, no need to go with the most annoying one (never mind the potential damage). McAfee is rubbish. They are also sneaky and not to be trusted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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