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Fraudsters Continue to Show Interest in Football

Apr

2013

Phishers have recently gained a lot of interest in football. Various phishing attacks using football were observed in 2012. Phishers have already shown their interest in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, football celebrities, and football clubs. Scam for LIONEL MESSI Fans and Scam for FC Barcelona are good examples of phishers using football celebrities and […]

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The Brazilian Phishing World Cup

Mar

2013

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has already kicked off, at least for Brazilian bad guys. Next year?s big event in Brazil has become one of the most prominent tactics used by Latin American cybercriminals as they unleash a real avalanche of phishing messages, fraudulent prizes and giveaways, malicious domains, fake tickets, credit card cloning, banking […]

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Football Phishing Fever Continues

Dec

2012

Several phishing attacks using football have been observed during 2012. Phishers have shown their interest in football clubs, football celebrities, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In November 2012, the trend continued with phishers spoofing the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazilian Portuguese on a free web hosting site.In one example, a phishing site prompted […]

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