An elaborate scam involving the sale of Beijing Olympic tickets is making news around the world. Unknowing victims have lost their money in purchasing tickets only for the tickets not to arrive. The International Olympic Committee have successfully shut down a domain that was involved in a scam. In this case, the phone number listed is a UK telephone number but the office is hosted in a US address. As always, buyers should be very cautious when purchasing items online and to take extra precautions especially when it involves money transactions of a significant amount.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2008/08/04/beijing-olympics-ticketing-scam/