419 Scam: Olympic Ticket Scam Websites Shut Down

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Olympic Ticket Scam Websites Shut Down

Olympic officials have some how succeeded in convincing US federal courts to close two websites selling Beijing Olympic tickets that turned out to be fakes. Beijingticketing.com and beijing-tickets2008.com were the websites and those are not accessible today morning. The International Olympic Committee and the US Olympic Committee had already told that they would ask a federal judge in San Francisco on Monday for an order that help to shut the sites down. Australians informed the AOC about the scam months ago but nothing was done to shut it down. Some sports fans lost more than $US50, 000. The scam cheated hundreds of Australians and they reached a national hotline complaining that their tickets were not delivered. But the Australian Olympic Committee said they are helpless and can’t compensate people or give replacement tickets. These websites even opened call centers to assist customers. The site, however, seems to have shut itself down this morning and the phone number displayed on the site has been disconnected

Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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