In addition to being the biggest sporting event of the year, the Super Bowl is rapidly becoming one of the biggest weeks of the year for scammers. 5 On Your Side shares four specific ways scammers could try to target you this weekend.
Four common Super Bowl scams
These are the four most common scams reported around the Super Bowl.
Fake ticket alerts: A text appearing to be from a legitimate ticket hub like Ticketmaster claiming your tickets to the game could not be delivered.
Streaming account warnings: A text appearing to be from a major streaming platform like Peacock saying something like, “Your Super Bowl stream is on hold. Update your billing now.”
Freezes to betting accounts: With sports betting still relatively new in North Carolina and millions of us placing bets on the big sites, scammers will send texts like, “Your wager is pending. Confirm your identity.”
READ: How to protect yourself from sports betting scams
Merchandise and food delivery scams: From everything to gear to your gameday wing delivery, customers are getting text messages like “Your Super Bowl order is delayed. Track status update here.”
The takeaway
The one thing all of these messages have in common is a call to action, such as clicking a link or scanning a QR code to enter information. If you only remember one thing: don’t click the links.