Thousands of Scam FIFA Sites Emerge To Target World Cup Fans
The FBI has issued a warning to World Cup fans about a surge of fraudulent websites impersonating FIFA. These fake sites aim to collect personal information and sell counterfeit tickets. Fans are advised to verify the official FIFA domain and be cautious of misleading advertisements.
- ▪The FBI has identified numerous fake FIFA websites created to scam users.
- ▪Over 4,300 fraudulent domains impersonating FIFA's official web presence have been registered since August 2025.
- ▪A Chinese-speaking scam group has been linked to over 300 of these fake domains.
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The FBI is urging World Cup fans to make sure they're visiting the official FIFA domain when scammers have been flooding the web with thousands of fake, look-alike sites.The real site is at fifa.com, which has been selling tickets to World Cups games. But to scam unsuspecting users, fraudsters have been creating fake World Cup and FIFA sites using variations of the domain, for example, fifa-com[.]com. “The FBI has identified actors engaging in this activity to collect personal information, sell fake World Cup tickets and hospitality products, and to possibly facilitate other malicious activity,” the agency's alert says.
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