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Fraudsters and Scammers Kick Off Their Campaigns for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Fraudsters will be looking to exploit the enthusiasm that comes with the FIFA World Cup, which will be taking place in Brazil this June. The ramifications of you being scammed could be very serious indeed. Not only could you become a victim of fraud by having your bank account emptied by these fraudsters, you could also end up with malware on your computer. This malware could do anything from stealing your personal details by downloading a Trojan, to compromising your computer and making it part of a botnet.

Symantec has already spotted several FIFA World Cup related scam emails. The first scam sample Symantec discovered, relating to the FIFA World Cup, is an email that contains a link to malware.

The email has the following headers:

From: Parabens Voce foi o ganhador de um Par de ingressos atendimento.promo5885631@Domain.com

Subject: Copa do Mundo FIFA 2014

This email header can be translated as:

From: Congratulation you were the winner of a pair of tickets atendimento.promo5885631@Domain.com

From: FIFA World Cup 2014

Figure 1. Malware attack email related to FIFA World Cup

This email can be translated as:

You are the winner of a pair of tickets to the FIFA World cup 2014 Brazil!

Print your e-Ticket copy and collect the ticket from the ticket center in your city

Print Ticket

Check out the address of the ticket center in your city here

The recipient is enticed to click the on the link and print the match tickets. However, the link leads to a malicious URL that downloads the file eTicket.rar, which contains an executable file named eTicket.exe.

For the whole article:

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/fraudsters-and-scammers-kick-their-campaigns-2014-fifa-world-cup

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These scams may ask you to fill out a survey or download and install software before you can unlock access to the live stream.

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Sunday June 8, 2014 MYT 7:18:41 AM

If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably a scam

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Scammed, Etc

FTC warns of World Cup 2014 ticket scams

The FTC says reputable resellers will guarantee the tickets are legitimate and will deliver them in time for the contest. They also will explain their refund policy in advance and what to do if an event is rescheduled or canceled.

If you buy tickets from a stranger through an online classified site, the FTC says, you could end up with counterfeit tickets, receive them too late to attend the match or may end up with tickets to a different venue or section than what you had been led to believe — with little or no recourse to make things right.

The FTC advises ticket buyers to:

• Verify the source to make sure it’s legitimate. If in doubt, contact the FIFA ticketing office at enforcement@match-ag.com.

• Pay by credit card, which gives you a chance to dispute the charges should something go wrong.

• Never wire money — once sent, there’s no way to get it back.

• Go online to check the seller’s reputation, including running the company’s name through a search engine with the words “review,” “scam” or “complaint.”

• And stay away from travel packages that “guarantee” tickets, since FIFA did not authorize any tour operators to engage in those kind of deals.

The complete FTC release is available here.

http://www.abqjournal.com/411283/biz/ftc-warns-of-world-cup-2014-ticket-scams.html

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BBC Newsbeat

Warning to fans over World Cup travel and ticket scams

With a week to go until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, police are warning football fans to avoid being scammed.

They say they have seen a rise in fraud cases involving flights, accommodation and tournament tickets.

One fan and his mates have told Newsbeat that they were offered a Thomas Cook staff discount on flights which they never received.

The travel group has confirmed that it does not know the vendor in question and is investigating the case.
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The group was sent emails confirming the bookings but Darren suspected something when he tried to change his flight dates.

“It started to drag on into April and we weren’t getting any information so we contacted him and mid-May, we still hadn’t got any tickets.”

Police are investigating after they never received the tickets and lost £4,000.

In a statement Thomas Cook said: “We are concerned to learn of the party losing their money for flights to the forthcoming World Cup.

“We can confirm that the vendor in question is not affiliated to Thomas Cook, and that neither the individual nor any organisation he represents is known to us.

“We take any misappropriation of our name or offering very seriously and we have passed your message on to our security department.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27690273

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