Reported by Sean Keach, Head of Technology and Science

SINISTER crooks are peddling fake Super Bowl tickets online – and it could cost you hundreds of dollars.

Tech-savvy cyber-criminals have even resorted to using AI to make more convincing fakes, security experts have warned.

Some fans will be forking out thousands of dollars for legitimate tickets.

But huge demand for Sunday’s football match-up has triggered a dangerous wave of scams.

Security giant Nisos has exposed some of the tactics criminals are using to trick you into buying their fake tickets, as revealed by cyber-expert Kurt Knutsson.

For a start, crooks have taken to use image-editing software to generate highly convincing fake tickets.

This even includes fraudulent receipt documents, forged barcodes, and more.

These tickets are being sold on social mediasites like X, formerly Twitter, Nisos says.

Nisos also warns that criminals are using AI to create highly convincing posts – as well as replies to potential victims who message to enquire about the tickets.

These posts will then link out to other platforms – like WhatsApp or Telegram – to finish off the phony deal.

This app-switching technique helps the crooks to evade detection.

Often they’ll ask victims to pay using a strange method to make it harder to trace.

Scammers are also offering massive discounts to ensure it’s hard to pass up the deal.

Another trick employed by crooks is to use hijacked accounts.

These hacked profiles might seem like normal people with lots of posts, a long list of friends, and plenty of photos.

But it may be a hacked profile that is being used by cyber-criminals to make the scam seem more convincing.

Read full report: https://www.the-sun.com/tech/10328190/fake-super-bowl-tickets-ai-scam-warning/amp/