HOUSTON — Many of us have laptops with Microsoft Windows running McAfee, Norton or Geek Squad Protection.
If that describes you, then you need to watch for an email scam saying it's time to renew your account.
Even tech-savvy people say they were almost fooled.
"So I got an email and it said you are renewing your subscription," Heather Wolfe said. "And I said I don't remember ever having a subscription."
The email said she was being charged $400 to renew her "Geek Squad Security Services" from Best Buy. She called the number on the email to cancel it, when a man on the phone said he could only do it if he downloaded a program onto her laptop.
Luckily, she said no.
"It is a scam," Wolfe said. "These are so easy to fall for. That's because many of us are so busy and because we have so many subscriptions, we can't keep track of them all."
Best Buy warns about the scam in its customer forum saying, "They don't appear to be associated with Best Buy or Geek Squad in any way."
Wolfe admits it was a close call.
"If I would have logged in, they would have had access to my computer," Wolfe said. "My credit cards are saved in there."
The bottom line is to never respond to a message with a credit or debit card number unless you are absolutely certain you have that subscription. That way you don't waste your money.