Olympics 2016, Fraud Alert Online Olympic Tickets
Jakarta-echoes of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro apparently increasingly feels before August. This makes people flocking to watch this annual event four straight.
In one of the phishing sites, users are asked to provide personal information, including bank account details to pay for fake Olympic ticket. After obtaining this information, siber uses criminals to steal money from a bank account belonging to the victim.
In order to sound more convincing again, saying he will receive their predators tickets two or three weeks before the actual event.
"According to our research, usually involves creating fake sites international group organized fraud fine. They share the mission, as each small group is responsible for a specific part of the task. For example, create one set location, other groups responsible for the domain record and the last team to collect and sell personal information from victims, "said a Senior Web content analyst, Kaspersky Lab, Andre, organised under the official description, Wednesday (08/03/2016).
Himself, in order to avoid falling victim to this scam, "sports fans should be smart when buying tickets. It was supposed to simply believe in the authorized distributor, regardless of how interesting the low prices offered by other sources.
In order to make the ticket purchasing transactions via the Internet is secure, Kaspersky Lab recommends to not buy any good tickets or souvenirs of the Olympics at an online store that advertised via spam or banner ads that are considered suspicious. The company also recommends having separate bank accounts, and the card with the amount of money that is not too much, for online payments.
Whereas to protect email from spam, make sure your security software is always up to date, featuring phishing and anti spam help keep personal information along with your money safe.
