On Wednesday, the first of the lucky winners of the FIFA World Cup Visa presale lottery were notified that they could finally buy tickets — the first public sale for next summer’s gargantuan sporting event. Article content

More than 4.5 million people endured the arduous process of entering the lottery in September, resulting in a selected few who will be notified by email of a specific 10-minute window for them to purchase tickets over the next few days. Article content Article content

This World Cup will have the most teams, at 48, and games of any edition that has preceded it, and there will be a feeding frenzy for the 6.5-7 million total tickets available for the tournament.

And it won’t just be fans feasting.

Scammers and bad actors are salivating over this event as much as t

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