{"id":7237,"date":"2016-05-25T10:07:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasperskydaily.com\/uk\/?p=7237"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:11:56","slug":"rio2016-spam-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/rio2016-spam-fraud\/7237\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pay for the Olympics and never get your tickets (or your money back)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008 we had the Beijing Olympics. In 2010, everybody awaited the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Now, the Olympics are coming to Rio de Janeiro in just a few months. All of these events have something in common, and we\u2019re not talking about sport. Sadly, cyber-criminals routinely treat any popular global goings-on as an excellent opportunity\u00a0to target people with malicious campaigns.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s happened?<\/h3>\n<p>Recently, Kaspersky Lab experts detected a new wave of spam dedicated to the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Spammers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/avoid-news-related-phishing\/4592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">picked up<\/a> on people\u2019s desire to watch the games live and created a message about a (fake) lottery allegedly organized by the International Olympic Committee and the Brazilian government. The spammers tried to convince victims that they had won and all they had to do was reply to the email and provide some personal information.<\/p>\n<p>This story is not as new as it seems: Bad guys <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/about\/news\/virus\/2015\/Spam-in-Q2-2015-Spammers-exploit-world-events-and-target-the-vulnerable-with-2million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">started<\/a> the spam campaign devoted to the Olympic Games 2016 in the summer of 2015, and now we are observing another wave. What\u2019s worse however, is that spam emails are not the only threat sport fans now face.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RioOlympics2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#RioOlympics2016<\/a> tickets or info? Beware crooks are gearing up to steal your $ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N3Ln2Bt6QK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/N3Ln2Bt6QK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gQwHvbmvFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gQwHvbmvFw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/732247899908771841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">May 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fake ticketing services have also emerged and they are even more dangerous. The Kaspersky Lab team constantly detects and blocks new counterfeit domains with \u2018rio\u2019 or \u2018rio2016\u2019 in the title. Malicious websites that sell fake tickets look very convincing. Savvy con artists even buy the SSL certificates that allow secure connections between a web server and a browser and show the \u201chttp<b>s<\/b>\u201d at the beginning of the address bar. Seeing the \u201cs\u201d after http, many users believe that these fake websites are legal and transfer their money to the criminals.<\/p>\n<p>To gain time and reassure users, fraudulent ticket services assure victims that they will receive their tickets two or three weeks before the actual event. In the meantime, a phishing website sends user bank card details to criminals, and they use this data to steal money.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spammers gearing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Euro2016?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Euro2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6hoxW6xrlT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/6hoxW6xrlT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Spam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/email?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#email<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fraud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#fraud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QkQXKmUu2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QkQXKmUu2U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/723512909222019072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">April 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>I\u2019m going to buy tickets to the Olympic Games. How can I protect myself?<\/h3>\n<p><b>Buy tickets securely:<\/b> The majority of fake ticketing services are advertised via emails or using online banners on various websites, or even on social media. That is why it\u2019s a bad idea to buy anything relating to the Olympics \u2014 from tickets to souvenirs \u2014 in unofficial online stores. Use the official Rio Olympics page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rio2016.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.rio2016.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to carefully navigating to the official site, a prudent user should create a separate credit card for online purchases and only keep a small amount of money on that card.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>How to pay for the Olympics and never get your tickets (or your money back) #Rio2016<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2FGu7s&amp;text=How+to+pay+for+the+Olympics+and+never+get+your+tickets+%28or+your+money+back%29+%23Rio2016\" class=\"btn btn-twhite\" data-lang=\"en\" data-count=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Stop spam emails related to major news events:<\/b> To protect your email accounts from malicious spam, install a security solution which includes an anti-phishing tool. As well, update your antivirus regularly, and be sure to follow its recommendations; no security solution can protect you if you\u2019ve turned it off or ignored its warnings.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, we\u2019d like to note that Kaspersky Internet Security has built-in email, web, and file antivirus protection, so it filters spam, detects phishing websites, and disables malware if it somehow gets to your computer and tries to do something dangerous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you just paid for tickets to the Olympics, and now you\u2019re planning your trip to Rio de Janeiro? 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