Online Beijing Olympics ticket scams
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That was the header to www.BeijingTicketing.com, and the site went on:
“Buy Beijing 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony Tickets and other Olympics games tickets on BeijingTicketing.com! The Worldwide dealer in Olympics Tickets.
“Wed, 13 Aug 08 – Get the Best Baseball Tickets on the Locations The Baseball Competition In XingHua Workers Stadium. Sun, 10 Aug 08 – Get the Best Archery Tickets on the Locations The Archery Competition In Beijing National Stadium Get the Best Archery Tickets on the Locations The Archery Competition In Beijing National Stadium. Sat, 09 Aug 08 – Get the Best Badminton Tickets on the Locations on The Badminton Competition In Beijing University.”
However, “Olympic officials are trying to shut down an online Beijing Games ticket seller accused of scamming sports fans worldwide out of thousands of dollars,” says the Australian Associated Press.
“Australians are believed to be among those who bought tickets through the slick, professional-looking website, www.beijingticketing.com, which boasts offices in Sydney, London and New York.
“It is believed the offices do not exist.”
Nor are Australians alone.
“A young Windsor woman says she and her parents are victims of an international Internet scam in which bogus tickets for the Olympic Games in Beijing were sold to people around the world,” says the Canwest News Service, going on:
“Chante Pathak, 21, said she found out Monday that the tickets to various Beijing Games events her parents had purchased for her as a birthday gift were fake. Her parents had spent about $4,300 in total on tickets to eight different events, of which $700 was charged on Pathak’s credit card.
“Pathak was told Visa will reimburse her for the loss, but her parents are not sure if they will get their money back.”
scam.com says “Americans, English, Australians scammed for maybe $50 MILLION”.
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Australian Associated Press – IOC tries to shut down ‘fake’ site beijingticketing.com, August 4, 2008
Canwest News Service -Olympic ticket scam stings Ont. family, August 5, 2008
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