Scam Alert: FIFA World Cup Lottery Scams are Back in Business

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This month, Bitdefender Labs has spotted a wave of email-based scams exploiting the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup Championship to be held in Qatar in November this year.

The subject lines are as follows:

• The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
• QATAR 2022 FIFA LOTTERY WINNER
• WINNER: Email Owner

Scammers posing as the FIFA World Cup Committee are bombarding inboxes across the globe with phony messages that state you’ve won a hefty prize.

Most of the bogus emails originate from IP addresses in the US. Their main targets are recipients in the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Romania, Sweden and Denmark.

Read the full article below:

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/scam-alert-fifa-world-cup-lottery-scams-are-back-in-business/