Malwarebytes Spoof email

[Ettrick]

In what might be a huge joke--but a serious issue for Malwarebytes--a scam email claims to be an authorized reseller of Malwarebytes emails existing Malwarebytes clients an email telling them that they need to renew their license, as their latest payment has failed to go through. The usual scam, but only the email address and country code for the Netherlands for its contact number give the scam away. My guess is that some of your existing clients might well fall for this. 

 

Edited April 22 by AdvancedSetup
Removed screenshot

[Porthos]

@Ettrick

 I assume you already have a paid subscription and did not try to recently purchase one and did not complete your purchase?

[Ettrick]

Correct. My subscription is on auto-renew and not up for renewal for months. But, in fact, my bit of do-good-er-ism helped me to realize I had two bloody subscriptions to Malwarebytes, one of them unused.

[Porthos]

If you still have the email, could you right click on the link and choose "copy link" and paste it here for us?

[Ettrick]

Done: https://estore.malwarebytes.com/order/finish.php?id=2Xrl83KakaKO5Xm3ceW6bWShuoU%3D&lead=1

[Porthos]

The link actually goes to a legit payment page.

I assume they got your name right and the last 4 of your CC?

Did you receive it in the email registered here on the forum? Is it different from your my.malwarebytes.com account?

24 minutes ago, Ettrick said:

helped me to realize I had two bloody subscriptions to Malwarebytes, one of them unused.

How did that happen?

[Porthos]

@David H. Lipman This one is different from the ones we have seen lately.

@AdvancedSetupPlease remove the user's screenshot.

[Ettrick]

I hadn't tried to purchase, and my auto-renew is not up. Also, the email address ended up on the dark web.