CHINA SHUTS FAKE OLYMPICS SITE

China shuts fake Olympics site

Chinese police have arrested three men for setting up a fake Olympic Games ticket website, the official xinhua agency has reported. Nowadays websites have been really controversial. Lots of people are trying to steal other people's money and even identities.

This is a great example. In China, three men created a website, which sold fake Olympic Games tickets online. This is just absurd. It's even more frustrating when 10 people have actually tried to buy the tickets through the site operated from south-eastern Fujian province since March. Some people have no idea that those sites might be fake. Innocent and naive people like that are only bringing these people into the web. People have to be aware of these things. They have to know which are real and which are real.

Beijing began taking orders for tickets for next year's Games last Sunday, promising "very affordable" tickets and strong security, with group or block bookings banned. Those men were very sneaky. They thought, by creating a fake ticket selling website, they could get away with the crime. However, they were bound to be caught.

It is said that prices range from 30 yuan ($4.20) for preliminary shooting events up to 5,000 yuan for the opening ceremony on August 8, 2008. Delibery will only begin in June 2008. This shows us that we need to be careful when we are spending and transacting money online. We never know who's at the end of the transaction line. From now on, we ALL need to be careful when dealing with money.

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CHINA SHUTS FAKE OLYMPICS SITE
PUBLISHED: April 23, 2007
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