Scammers will try to capture personal information, including credit card and Social Security numbers, as fans try to log in to watch their favorite teams.
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — During the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools started streaming their football, baseball and other games online. However, scams followed.
Scammers will try to capture personal information, including credit card and Social Security numbers, as fans try to log in to watch their favorite teams.
Streaming scams will present themselves as free searchable links, but once clicked, the site will ask you to sign up for the streaming service. The victim will enter their name and email and may be prompted to enter their credit card number and other potentially sensitive information.
Scammers have infiltrated social media with links to fake streams. The posts will frequently tag local schools involved in order to make the post seem more legitimate.
The scammer hope the victim will enter their information and pay to watch the event, however, the victim will be unable to watch the stream even after their information is entered because the scammer does not have a valid link to the stream. Instead, the data the victim just entered can be compromised.
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