Soft2Securescam registry · since 2014

McAfee renewal invoice scam

A fake "order confirmation" or "auto-renewal" for McAfee Total Protection with an amount and a number to call to cancel. The brand rotates; the call centre behind the number is the same trade.

Impersonates
McAfee
Arrives by
email
First seen
not dated
Specimens
0
Updated
2026-09-02

Right now what this family looks like

How to recognise it

  1. An "order" you did not place, priced high enough to alarm
  2. Cancel-by-phone only
  3. No account details, no last four digits

What to do

  1. Do not call, do not reply, delete it
  2. Check any real subscription by typing mcafee.com yourself
Already called, clicked or paid? what to do in the next hour
  1. Gave remote access? Disconnect from the internet, uninstall the tool they had you install, change passwords from another device
  2. Paid by card or bank transfer? Call your bank now and dispute it. Gift cards? Call the card issuer with the card numbers
  3. Expect a call-back from a "refund department" — that is act two of the same scam. Hang up

How it changed

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02 Sept2026
Registry

Family created

Opened at launch; no dated specimen on record yet — send yours.

Same trick, other brands

Indicators

  • None on record yet. Indicators change weekly; an empty list never means an email is safe.

In other streams

  • Nothing yet.

Registry data

Machine-readable
/scams/mcafee-renewal-invoice.json
Timeline feed
/scams/mcafee-renewal-invoice/feed.xml
Sources
0 · 1 change logged
Licence
CC BY 4.0 · attribution required
Created / updated
2026-09-02 / 2026-09-02