World Cup ticket fraud on eBay auctions

Published April 24th, 2006


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With six and a half weeks until the World Cup kick-off host nation Germany is still struggling to combat ticketing scams from cunning fraudsters looking to exploit desperate football fans.
The demand for the 3.07 million tickets at the finals, running from June 9 until July 9, has been oversubscribed by a ratio of 20 and fraudsters continue to use new methods to dupe fans.





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