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Scammers Go Phishing for World Cup Soccer Fans

June 2010 by Sam Masiello, McAfee

As my colleague Pedro Bueno noted in a recent blog, scammers are out in full force–trying to take advantage of the excitement of the FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa to trick users into giving up their sensitive information. The scam of the day uses a lottery theme to make potential victims believe that they have won almost US$1 million as part of a weekly promotion.

You’ll notice that the initial scam does not ask for many of the common elements of phishing scams: credit card number, CVV, PIN number, etc. This is likely an effort to make the scam look legitimate to recipients. The scammers hope that if you don’t see an immediate request for this information then you may be more likely to send in the form, if only to satisfy your curiosity. The scam does ask for your mobile number, however; so it is possible that you will start receiving more phone spam as a result.

Some of the subject lines that we have seen associated with this scam include:

* ***south africa 2010 fifa world cup lottery promotion****

* ***south africa 2010 fifa world cup lottery promotions***

* ,,,sa 2010 world cup lotto drew;;;;;;;

* claim your fifa world cup football award/ticket

* congratulation! you have won us$1,220,000.00 for soccer world cup 2010
promotional draw

* congratulation!!! for 2010 world cup promotion

* fifa 2010 world cup lottery department

* fifa-mtn world cup team official prize notification

* final notification for south africa fifa 2010 world cup lottery

* south africa 2010 world cup award notification!!!

* south african 2010 fifa world cup lottery award

* south african 2010 world cup bid lottery award

* south african world cup 2010 free lottery draw

* winner – fifa world cup online draw

* world cup bid lottery award

* you have won south africa 2010 world cup lottery

* you have won south africa 2010 world cup lottery computer promotional draw

* your email just won 2010 world cup in south africa & fifa promotion

If you do receive one of these lottery scams in your inbox, always be very careful. Don’t assume that you are smarter than the spammer. Don’t lull yourself into a false sense of security. Don’t believe that visiting the site just to see what it looks like–with no intention of giving away any information–won’t leave you open to attack. In some cases these phishing sites are just a facade for pages that are also looking to exploit new zero-day vulnerabilities. The best advice in these situations is to follow safe computing practices and delete these emails immediately.


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