Scams

World Cup 2026 Counterfeit Tickets & Merch: The Scam Wave

June 3, 2026 by María Castellano

20M entered FIFA lottery, 19.7M missed out — and a fraud industry of 4,300 fake FIFA sites is harvesting them. Inside the World Cup 2026 scam wave.

The story so far. The 2026 FIFA World Cup runs 11 June to 19 July across the USA,…

By James Whitmore

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