The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar kicks off on Sunday, November 20 and, in addition to attracting millions of fans from around the world, it also attracts the interest of cybercriminals looking to make a quick buck.

The Qatar 2022 World Cup has not yet started, but it is already starring in various phishing websites designed to steal bank details and passwords from users, as analysts at the cybersecurity company Kaspersky warned.

The experts of this company found fake pages that offer everything from event tickets or merchandising to match viewing services, as well as scams with non-fungible tokens (NFT) that exploit the pull of the Soccer World Cup.

A distinctive feature of the threat landscape on the eve of the 2022 World Cup is the spread of crypto scams, mostly exploiting the popularity of NFT.

Some Internet sites propose to bet money on a match in order to win cryptocurrencies or digital works of art. Another type of fraud is that of crypto investments. Fraudsters create real coins and convince the user to invest in them with the promise of growth in value.

The absence of the limitations imposed by the pandemic will cause the World Cup to be the scene of many events with in-person spectators, in which thousands of tourists will participate on those days in Qatar, something that has not gone unnoticed by fraudsters.

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The countries participating in the Qatar 2022 World Cup install ‘Friendship Benches’ in Doha, a project organized by Sport for Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to demonstrate the importance of mental health and offer advice on ways to promote mental well-being, including through the importance of physical activity and sport.

The initiative is supported by FIFA, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, WISH, the NGO Friendship Benches and the WHO Universal Health Coverage Association. The benches initiative was symbolically launched with the Bench of England previewing the Qatar Foundation’s global health event, the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in the run-up to a larger reveal of the benchs in World Mental Health Day.

English athlete Sir Mo Farah, with ten Olympic and world gold medals, opened the England bench. “The bench is a simple yet powerful vehicle for promoting mental health, from park benches where people gather to football stadiums where players and staff watch their teams play for the joy and promise of sport and success. The Friendship Benches project is a powerful reminder of the importance of how health, from mental to physical health, is precious and common to all people and nations; how, through sport people can reach out to others, as human beings, in the spirit of solidarity and support,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The final locations of each of the 32 banks will be announced soon. Once installed, information will be shared on how Qatari residents and visitors will be able to visit their national benches, and others, in a show of support for promoting mental health.

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