If they entered their credentials, the attackers took over their account and the “bonus” evaporated into thin air. However, when attempting to claim the bonus, the victim would land on a fake Konami login page. The cybercriminals offered users big bonuses in connection with the tournament. Accordingly, the Euro 2020 championship was used by scammers as bait to hijack accounts on the major gaming portal belonging to Japanese gaming giant Konami. This success has a downside: gaming platforms get attacked by hackers, especially during major soccer events. Soccer video games always attract a large following. This scheme has been used many times before, only instead of sporting events, victims were offered the hottest movie and TV releases. If that did not deter them, their money and bank card details went straight to the scammers, with no live or any other kind of broadcast in return. On clicking the link, however, the user was asked to pay for a subscription. Fraudulent websites popped up offering free live broadcasts. Scammers also laid traps for those preferring to watch the action online from the comfort of home. Some sites made a point of stressing the tickets were “official”, despite charging potential victims several times the real price of a ticket, and some just took the money and disappeared. Fans wanting to attend events live encountered fake ticket-selling websites. There was no way that cybercriminals and profiteers could pass up such a golden opportunity. Q3 2021 also featured several F1 Grand Prix races. The delayed Euro 2020 soccer tournament was held in June and July, followed by the equally delayed Tokyo Olympics in August.
This summer and early fall saw some major international sporting events. Quarterly highlights Scamming championship: sports-related fraud
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