{"id":37906,"date":"2026-06-24T10:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37906"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:48:57","slug":"cyber-scams-target-fifa-fans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/cyber-scams-target-fifa-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber scams target FIFA fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">As the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup continues to captivate football fans around the world, cyber security experts are warning of a rise in online scams linked to the tournament.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">From fake ticket sales to phishing campaigns and counterfeit merchandise, criminals are exploiting the excitement surrounding the event.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting sports fans through fake streaming platforms.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Rather than gaining access to games, fans risk losing money and exposing sensitive personal information.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35279,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,20],"class_list":["post-37906","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Security experts are warning of a rise in online scams linked to FIFA World Cup","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37907,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37906\/revisions\/37907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}