Editing Internet fraud (section)

==Internet ticket fraud==
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A variation of [[Internet marketing]] fraud offers tickets to sought-after events such as concerts, shows, and sports events. The tickets are fake or are never delivered. The proliferation of online ticket agencies and the existence of experienced and dishonest [[Ticket resale|ticket resellers]] has fueled this kind of fraud. Many such scams are run by [[the United Kingdom|British]] ticket touts, though they may base their operations in other countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/olympicgames2008.internet|author=Jamie Doward|title=How boom in rogue ticket websites fleeces Britons|work=The Observer|access-date=9 March 2008 | location=London | date=2008-03-09}}</ref>

A prime example was the global [[2008 Beijing Olympic Games]] ticket fraud run by US-registered "Xclusive Leisure and Hospitality", sold through a professionally designed website with the name "Beijing 2008 Ticketing".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-city.org/news_details.php?news_id=5066&idCategory=1|title=USOC and IOC file lawsuit against fraudulent ticket seller|work=Sports City|access-date=1 August 2008|archive-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204090216/http://www.sports-city.org/news_details.php/?news_id=5066&idCategory=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 4 August it was reported that more than A$50 million worth of fake tickets had been sold through the website.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/ticket-swindle-leaves-trail-of-losers/2008/08/03/1217701854125.html|title=Ticket swindle leaves trail of losers|author=Jacquelin Magnay|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 August 2008}}</ref> On 6 August it was reported that the person behind the scam, which was wholly based outside China, was a British ticket tout, Terance Shepherd.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/off-the-field/olympic-ticket-scammer-unmasked/2008/08/05/1217702042881.html|author=Kelly Burke|title=British fraud ran Beijing ticket scam|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 August 2008}}</ref>