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    Default [NEWS] Athletes, families hit by olympic ticket scam

    I've decided to post news every once in a while for anyone who feels like paying attention to the real world

    The heartbreaking impact of a worldwide Internet ticket scam is only now becoming clear, as victims arrive in Beijing without the Olympics tickets they thought they had purchased months ago. Among the victims is a California man who may now be unable to watch his 16-year-old daughter compete in swimming events. The father of a U.S. softball team player also says he was scammed after he paid $3,500 for tickets to the opening ceremony.

    The victims thought they had purchased their tickets from a Web site named BeijingTicketing.com. The authentic-looking site has been selling Olympics tickets for months before it was shut down this week. The site was named in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by the International Olympic committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee on July 22.

    Gerald Lim, a dentist from of Rancho Mirage, Calif., is among those who say they spent thousands of dollars at the site but now have nothing but broken dreams to show for it. Lim's daughter, Lynette, is a high-school swimming phenom who qualified for Singapore’s swim team thanks to the family's status as dual citizens.

    Gerald Lim said that in June he spent more than $3,000 on 3 tickets for himself, his wife and his other daughter to attend preliminary rounds for three events – the 200, 400, and 800 meter freestyle races -- where his daughter would compete.
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    What a crazy internet scam that is, eh? It's terrible to prey off the proud Olympic fans, though, imo.

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    Happens in every sport. Not anything new.

    IMO the Olympics should not have been held in Bejing. I think the only reason we did was to keep China happy. You know the US had a big say with if the Olympics would be held there, and the US sure doesn't want to piss off China because they are one of our biggest creditors to the national debt.


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