From November 20 to December 18, 2022, the world of Soccer in Qatarthe highest soccer event organized by the FIFA and one of the greatest in the sport. For almost a month, fans from all over the world will tune in to the matches hoping to see the team representing their country win.
A victory for Mexico or a goal are cause for celebration at home, offices, public squares and even in the Angel of Independence of CDMX. Such is the enthusiasm of the Mexicans before the event, that cybercriminals have decided take advantage to scam fans of this sport.
ESETa company specializing in the proactive detection of digital threats, has identified a fraud circulating on WhatsApp. It is a text message from an unknown number that supposedly gives away mobile data to tune in to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Free 50GB data plan for all networks. FIFA is offering people around the world 50GB of free data to watch the Qatar 2022 World Cup,” the message sent to the victims says.
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This message includes a link to a fake portal (phishing), where upon entering the user is asked to type their phone number. In case of doing so, there will be no free gigabytes, but the victim’s phone contact will have found its way into malicious databases.
According to ESET, the purpose of this scam is to collect the victim’s personal information at every step. After entering the phone number, more messages and pages to display come later, but in each of them, different information is requested: Name, address, family contacts.
If you received this message, we recommend deleting it. Never open links that come through unexpected or suspicious messages. Much less if they offer gifts or benefits that are too good to be true”, recommend the specialists.
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