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Fake Norton antivirus scam warning!

<p>UK&&num;8217&semi;s national fraud and reporting center Action Fraud is warning about the new and ongoing malicious email campaign&period; Action Fraud warned PC consumers to be on the lookout for malicious and spoofed emails that look like they originate from Norton&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-3558" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;email-3249062&lowbar;640&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"358" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Action Fraud confirmed on their Twitter account that they have received more than 100 reports past several days that are related to fake emails that are apparently coming from Norton&period; The latest phishing scam that is using the Norton brand is trying to steal money and sensitive information from its victims&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">⚠️Watch out for these fake Norton emails&comma; we have received 110 reports in seven days&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you receive a suspicious email&comma; you can report it by forwarding the email to &&num;8211&semi; report&commat;phishing&period;gov&period;uk <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;PhishyFridays&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;PhishyFridays<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;lFGbylSohq">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;lFGbylSohq<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Action Fraud &lpar;&commat;actionfrauduk&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;actionfrauduk&sol;status&sol;1509836609377689615&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">April 1&comma; 2022<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fake emails sent to victims claim that their antivirus subscription has expired and that they should renew it by contacting the support team which&comma; of course&comma; has a fake number&comma; email address&comma; and even fake website&period; Once the fake support is contacted they will try to extract personal&comma; financial&comma; or other sensitive information from the victim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Action Fraud advises that if you receive suspicious emails from Norton&comma; you can report it to the following email address&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"mailto&colon;report&commat;phishing&period;gov&period;uk"><strong>report&commat;phishing&period;gov&period;uk<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Please have in mind that your bank or other official organization won&&num;8217&semi;t ever ask you to share sensitive email or text messages that are susceptible to being spoofed or intercepted&period; The best practice is to always contact the organization directly if you have concerns over a suspicious message or request&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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