The Tokyo Olympics are being held, but major mobile phone companies are calling attention to the possibility that cybercrime such as phishing scams disguised as telecommunications carriers will increase during the Games.
Phishing scams such as sending short messages and emails to smartphones and directing them to fake sites have increased sharply since last fall, and the number of reports sent to the anti-phishing council is 3 every month until last month. There are more than 10,000 cases.
According to major mobile phone companies such as NTT DoCoMo and KDDI, the tricks are to pretend to be a mobile phone company or credit card company, such as "the usage fee has passed the payment deadline", "the call charge is high", or "ID". There are an increasing number of cases where a message is sent asking for an urgent response, such as "The use of the phone is suspended", and the ID or bank account number is entered at the specified link.
Cybercrime, including phishing scams, tends to increase, especially during international events.
The Tokyo Olympics are being held, but major mobile phone companies are calling attention not to easily click the link and enter personal information when receiving a message that you do not remember.