An antivirus scam scared me / myLot

November 7, 2023 8:21am CST

Today I read my messages as usual. I saw an email from Norton. This email said that I have to pay $765 for my renewal charge. This was scary because I don't use any antivirus. And $765 is a huge amount of money. I don't earn this amount in a month. I think it's another scam, but it's really scary. Have you received such emails?

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

7 Nov 23

If you don't use an antivirus program, then they can't charge you. So, yes, it's a scam. Ignore it.

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Diana

@dya80dya (36656)

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10 Nov 23

I ignored it. But I received another weird email and another one. I wonder why. Did you receive them too?

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

10 Nov 23

@dya80dya I don't know... If I receive one scam, I put the email into the "Junk" folder and I never see anymore from that email address. Junk email gets deleted automatically.

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Diana

@dya80dya (36656)

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10 Nov 23

@DaddyEvil Do you use Gmail or Yahoo mail? I am using Yahoo mail and there are lots and lots of weird emails.

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sulynsi

@sulynsi (2671)

• Canada

7 Nov 23

There are so many scams running out there - and they are effective unfortunately. I encourage you to listen to a couple of 'scam baiters' on youtube that help you understand what some of the common scams are and I think it might make you feel a little more confident about just ignoring them. Jim Browning is a well known scam exposer, as is a guy called 'Pierogi' - you might enjoy their videos - totally free to watch - entertaining and educational. There's also 'Kitboga' and one guy who is really fun to watch is an MIT grad called Mark Rober who engineers incredible gadgets to catch porch pirates.

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Diana

@dya80dya (36656)

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10 Nov 23

Thank you, I think these videos will be useful. I almost believed some of these scams.

sulynsi

@sulynsi (2671)

• Canada

10 Nov 23

@dya80dya One of the common scams is for 'Norton' - scammers use 'Microsoft Windows' as well to trick people into thinking they are legitimate. A hallmark of scams is that the scammers tend to try to bully you, scare you, hurry you up, ask you to share your screen, keep you on the phone for ages. If you are ever in a situation like that - two things - turn off your computer - I mean either pull the plug or push the off button till the screen goes black - and hang up on the scammer and block their number. If you worry that they have added anything to your computer, it is a sensible thing to go to your local computer store and ask them to check that there is nothing on it that will allow access. They often use those digital answering devices and typically don't speak English clearly. I've seen a few try to do a scam in Spanish - I don't speak Spanish so I don't know if they spoke it well but I suspect someone who's native language is Spanish would be able to know right away.

rsa101

@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

8 Nov 23

Most likely, it is not from Norton officially, and if you check the email addresses, it may appear to be from Norton, but it is not. I do not believe Norton would force you to pay for their service if you did not want to.

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Diana

@dya80dya (36656)

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10 Nov 23

It's true, it's another scam. I read more about it. Lately, I found a lot of scams. Something happened. I completed surveys and maybe a hacker found my phone number.