Police in Alabama are warning people about an email scam designed to look like it comes from Best Buy’s “Geek Squad.”
Scottsboro Police said the department has received two reports of the email in the past two weeks. The email is made to look like it comes from Geek Squad, a technical service department of tech store chain Best Buy. It claims the Geek Squad has automatically renewed its protection subscription at a cost of $499.99 with a fake invoice number, renewal date and service name.
“It must be ignored. Geek Squad has nothing to do with this letter,” Scottsboro police said.
The purpose of the scam is to trick recipients into calling the provided number – 1-808-666-6112 – and then providing personal information such as full names, credit card details and social security numbers or pay a “cancellation” fee. In other cases, the scammers attempt to trick users into downloading malware or providing remote access to their computers.
If you receive the email, the best thing you can do is hit delete.
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