McAfee renewal scam

yellowlawn

So my McAfee Total Security AV program keeps reminding me that my subscription is coming to an end. I decided to see what the renewal cost would be - 



So then I thought lets look at Amazon and see how much it is on there and I'm absolutely flabbergasted. This is from Amazon and is the official McAfee store - 



Official Amazon link - Amazon.co.uk:

So just remember to always check what you have set to auto renew and never take any auto renew deals as the best deals.

TELLIT01

It's not a scam, it's simply their business model and Norton is much the same.  Renewal costs from Norton is sky high and it's far cheaper to purchase a new copy.  First thing I do each time I register with Norton is go in and remove the Autorenew tick.

comeandgo

Is your subscription coming to an end?  I get emails telling me the same, I don’t even have McAfee on my iPad, all scam emails.

Se1Lad

Or save even more and use free AV!

RumRat

Where are you surfing that necessitates you paying for your AV?

TOP_CAT

I get the Mc Afee scammers emails in my junk box nearly every day lately so the OP isnt alone .
Would never pay for that sort of con .

"It's not a scam, it's simply their business model and Norton is much the same".

Sounds like Putin saying my invasion behaviour is simply my buisness model so that makes it right ,right ?

cx6

If you re running Windows 10 or 11 you don't need any additional AV program so just uninstall McAfee.

kennse

That's just cold email marketing using their promotional banners.

giraffe69

TOP_CAT said:

I get the Mc Afee scammers emails in my junk box nearly every day lately so the OP isnt alone .
Would never pay for that sort of con .

Why not add this to your junk list?

teddysmum

I've been having need for renewal notices for months, 'from' McAfee and Norton ,saying that I had just a few days of cover left, back then. I use Plusnet's free McAfee based security, so knew there was no renewal necessary. I think it's another scam to get your bank details, as people are becoming familiar with the internet problem and huge win exercises.