Thousands taken in by online Olympics scam
Beijingticketing.com made a bomb
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE are finding themselves without a ticket to the Beijing Olympics after being taken in by an online scam.
The slick, professional-looking Website, beijingticketing.com, which boasts offices in Sydney, London and New York, is actually a scam and its owners have done a runner.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has received complaints from hundreds of alleged victims all over the world with some customers handing over thousands of dollars for non-existent tickets.
It seems that the biggest victim was a Texas-based travel agent, Jolanta
Sochacka who shelled out $57,000 for a family of seven.
She said that the company looked so legitimate because its website was so
elaborate.
Hacks have tailed the company to an empty office in Phoenix, Arizona and the IOC and the US Olympic Committee (USOC) will today ask a federal judge in San Francisco for an order to shut the website down. µ
L'Inq
AP
Comments
I thought the whole Olympics was a scam anyway?
:-Pfirefox anti fishing from google
I expected the anti-pishing in firefox to be flagging this site already, it's been widely reported, but alas no it's not been flagged yet.Ah So
If you're going to be dumb; you better be tough.Nope, that's Miss Universe you are thinking of SC.
;-)Olympic Scam
Hehe, SC, you got that right! The IOC is nothing more than a bunch of self-rightous Euro-phoneys scamming the public to maintain their membership in the Rich-and-Useless Arseholes Club.I, for one, will not condone the Communist Party of China and their child-molesting degenerate perverted leadership by watching their latest attempt to legitimize their useless and phony lives.
nigerian scammers
i smell nigerians...