Report to McAfee

• Fake McAfee renewal and expiry emails
• Fake McAfee customer service websites
• Pop-ups claiming a McAfee subscription has lapsed
• Invoices for McAfee products you never bought

1. 1

   Send the email to scam@mcafee.com

   That is the address McAfee gives for fraudulent email using its brand. There is also a phone route on 1-866-622-3911.

2. 2

   Check the subscription through McAfee directly

   Before paying an unexpected invoice, contact the vendor through its official channels and ask what the bill is for. Your real McAfee subscription status is in your McAfee account, never in an email.

3. 3

   Give it a day if it feels urgent

   McAfee suggests a 24-hour rule for urgent financial requests by email. Urgency is the pressure the scam depends on, so waiting costs nothing real.

4. 4

   File with the FTC if you paid

   McAfee points people to ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Do that after you have called your bank, which is the step that can still stop the money.

• The email itself, with headers where you can get them
• The payment page or PayPal recipient, if you got that far
• The amount and date of anything you paid

scam@mcafee.com is intake, not support, and does not resolve a payment. McAfee can act on the sender and the fake site. Money already gone is your bank's job.