With the 2010 FIFA World Cup around the corner, Cyber Criminals are banking on this international football event to trick users. TrendLabsSM spotted the latest threat involving this and it came in the form of an email message currently being spammed in the world.
Trend Micro Researchers were alerted to the discovery of a spam mail carrying a .PDF file attachment that was found to contain details about the lottery, which the mail claims that the recipient has allegedly won. It also instructed the recipient to give out personal information and send them to the contact person or email sender before the prize could be claimed.
TrendLabsSM documented the very first spam attack banking on the 2010 FIFA World Cup back in early 2009 - a good 18 months before the actual event takes place. The spam involved then was about the recipient winning the online lottery. Researchers were also alerted a good 8 months back when the final draw was announced that the FIFA World Cup 2010 is going to be there in South Africa, The mail was a fake lottery mail which claimed that the recipient has won a large sum of money from the South African Football Association.
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