An email says a Geek Squad or Best Buy protection plan has been renewed and a sum has been charged. The invoice number and a helpline phone number are the point of the message: the call is where the money is taken, usually through remote access "to process the refund". Some variants add a link to a fake sign-in page instead.https://soft2secure.comhttps://soft2secure.com/scams/geek-squad-renewal-invoicehttps://soft2secure.com/scams/geek-squad-renewal-invoiceGrew out of the 2021 guide "Geek Squad scam 2021 – how to identify and stay safe", which stays online unchanged.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTregistryhttps://soft2secure.com/scams/geek-squad-renewal-invoicehttps://soft2secure.com/scams/geek-squad-renewal-invoiceThe 2021 guide documented the first wave: an invoice-style email with an amount "charged", an invoice number and a phone number to dispute it; some copies linked to a fake sign-in page. The screenshot from that guide is the first specimen on record.Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTspecimen