Cryptocurrency Scammers Leveraging Olympic Games

The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the activities planned for this year, such that there have been postponements worldwide including the Olympic Games which was suppose to hold in Tokyo. The postponement of the Olympic Games has prompted various online scams related to cryptocurrency. This includes emails from alleged members of the International Olympic Committee in which scammers solicit donations from unwary victims. According to a report by Trend Micro on April 30, scammers are soliciting for cryptocurrency donations towards Japanese organizers’…