Fake e-mails signed in the name of Dennis Gethin president of WRU (Welsh Rugby Union) are reportedly targeting rugby players around the world while allegedly promising of enlisting them as trained participants in the Canadian tournament. The scam understandably, singles out persons from all countries that play the game. The Telegraph published this on March 2, 2011.

At the onset of February 2011, among 4098 new malicious websites blocked, a decrease of 2.2% compared against January 2011 was witnessed according to the latest Intelligence report by Symantec MessageLabs on March 01, 2011.

According to the Barracuda Security Labs' 2010 Annual Security Report released on March 3, 2011, malware sites through search engines have taken off. Actually, during July-December 2010, there was a 55% rise in malware sites detected every day. Computing.co.uk published this on March 3, 2011.

According to Invincea a software security company, bogus web-links have been created that though claim to take onto videos and websites of American TV and movie star Charlie Sheen, in reality, they divert end-users onto a malicious website. Examiner.com reported this on March 3, 2011.