Security News > 2021 > April > Tech support scammers lure victims with fake antivirus billing emails
Tech support scammers are pretending to be from Microsoft, McAfee, and Norton to target users with fake antivirus billing renewals in a large-scale email campaign.
While browsing the web, most people at one time or another have been redirected to a tech support scam web site that pretends your computer is infected and then prompts you to dial a displayed phone number.
In discussion with Nicolas Joffre, Regional SOC Manager at email security firm Vade Secure, BleepingComputer learned that the new email tech support scam started in March.
As you can see below, one of the tech support scams pretends to be from Norton Lifelock and states that the recipient will be charged $349 for a three-year subscription unless they call the included number to cancel it.
After learning about the scam, BleepingComputer had to give the included phone number a call to see how these scammers are operating.
After the tool finished, the scammer asked us to open a Notepad window and input our name, address, phone number, and date of birth, which the scammers told us was needed to process the antivirus subscription refund.