Hackers fool people with Olympic lottery

Hackers are luring unsuspecting people by selling fake tickets for the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“The most frequent topic of these emails is fake lottery wins for the ticket lottery organised by the International Olympic Committee and the Brazilian government. Spammers are attempting to convince victims that their email address has been chosen randomly from a large list,” said internet security firm Kaspersky Lab.

To receive their prize, the victim is asked to provide personal information through email.

The majority of spam emails are in English, but some are also in Portugu-ese because of the location of this year’s Olympic games.

According to Kaspersky Lab research, international fraudster gangs are also behind the creation of fake ticketing services for the Olympic games.

Major events attract spammer attention because they are a good opportunity to earn money from unsuspecting people.

However, it is only recently that Kaspersky Lab experts have detected spam emails dedicated to the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“Spam emails are not the only threat faced by users. Ticketing services are also appearing for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic games, and these are the most dangerous threat,” it said.