It appears scammers are using the telephone 1-866-967-8926 to trick McAfee customers into paying for a bogus McAfee subscription. The scammers are also using a fake McAfee website called mcfsale.com steal credit card information by asking visitors to renew their McAfee subscription. Below is a sample of fake email being used by the scammers trick potential victims into calling the fake telephone number.
McAfee customers who want to renew your subscription should always go directly to McAfee's legitimate website located the following URL for information:
A Fake Technical Email Being Used by the Scammers
From: McAfee Support Team <support@mcfsale.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2019 05:24:53 AM PDT
Subject: Thank you for purchasing McAfee Internet Security
Hi,
You are awesome! Thank you for doing business with us.
Your Antivirus subscription has been activated.
To activate Antivirus on your PC, call us on our Toll Free Number:
1-866-967-8926
So it goes on now:
1. Our experienced team of technicians will gladly do the work.Call our toll free number now:1-866-967-8926
2. Together with you we enable the activation of the software on your PC - guaranteed safe and comfortable. Quite simply by phone.
3. We install your software immediately and bring you to running - 100% free of charge.
Best Regards,
Support Team