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    From JMB99@mb@nospam.net to uk.telecom.mobile on Sun May 4 13:51:03 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    There a scam going on with McAfee renewals?

    I keep getting more and more hysterical warnings that subscription has
    expired but I don't use McAfee.

    I just forward to 'report@phishing.gov.uk' and block them but they keep changing EMail address (and are using some very dodgy looking addresses).

    Makes you wonder why they both but only needs the occasional person to
    take the bait.


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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.telecom.mobile on Sun May 4 15:02:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    JMB99 wrote:

    There a scam going on with McAfee renewals?

    Yes for a month or more, very easy to spot, also fake temu adverts.

    IMO not worth blocking, or reporting, just mark as spam to help train
    your filter and move on. Next month it'll be for something else.
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  • From JMB99@mb@nospam.net to uk.telecom.mobile on Sun May 4 16:43:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On 04/05/2025 15:02, Andy Burns wrote:
    ere a scam going on with McAfee renewals?

    Yes for a month or more, very easy to spot, also fake temu adverts.

    IMO not worth blocking, or reporting, just mark as spam to help train
    your filter and move on.-a Next month it'll be for something else.


    I just delete the TEMU ones so noticed that some are fakes!
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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.telecom.mobile on Sun May 4 16:58:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    JMB99 wrote:

    I just delete the TEMU ones so noticed that some are fakes!

    Given that I don't use temu, and all the fakes have the word 'temu' in
    the subject, a rule was worth creating for those ...

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  • From Chris in Makati@mail@nospam.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon May 5 11:02:09 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On Sun, 4 May 2025 15:02:04 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
    wrote:

    JMB99 wrote:

    There a scam going on with McAfee renewals?

    Yes for a month or more, very easy to spot, also fake temu adverts.

    IMO not worth blocking, or reporting, just mark as spam to help train
    your filter and move on. Next month it'll be for something else.

    I must get a dozen or more spam emails every day for all kinds of
    things. Gmail seems to be fairly good at filtering them out. Any that
    slip through their net into my inbox I just mark as spam. No point in
    doing anything else.

    I read somewhere that more spam emails get sent out every day than do legitimate emails.

    Chris

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  • From Abandoned Trolley@that.bloke@microsoft.com to uk.telecom.mobile on Mon May 5 13:55:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

    On 04/05/2025 16:58, Andy Burns wrote:
    JMB99 wrote:

    I just delete the TEMU ones so noticed that some are fakes!

    Given that I don't use temu, and all the fakes have the word 'temu' in
    the subject, a rule was worth creating for those ...



    I have had a Temu account for a couple of years, and they never send me
    any emails, except to comfirm an order or tell me its ready for collection
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