The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), online security firms, and the Metropolitan Police are cautioning e-mail recipients that crooks across the globe are attempting at capitalizing on the much sought after 2012 Olympic tickets. Metro.co.uk reported this on May 24, 2011.
Apparently, in scamming Olympic fans, the criminals tell victims that they're winners of National Lottery cash. Accordingly, they're distributing e-mails worldwide soliciting personal details from the recipients. Following this, another message is being sent to the victims telling them they've set news as winners of the "Olympic Lottery for 2012 in London."
But then they can claim their reward only by providing additional information, especially banking PIN codes. Moreover, those sending the e-mails assert that they're the sponsored beneficiaries of UK's National Lottery Board.
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