Fraudsters win big on Olympics tickets -- 13 August 2008
- 12 years ago
The Beijing games is being praised for having efficient organisation, but that gives little comfort to people around the world who have fallen victim to ticketing scams.
Many paid thousands of dollars, usually via websites, for tickets that were fake or that simply did not exist.
Olympics bosses are now under pressure to do more to stop the scammers, as Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports.
Many paid thousands of dollars, usually via websites, for tickets that were fake or that simply did not exist.
Olympics bosses are now under pressure to do more to stop the scammers, as Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports.