State warns about Olympics tickets scam

State warns about Olympics tickets scam

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Story Published: Jul 29, 2008 at 3:42 PM PST

By Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon attorney general's office is warning about bogus Web sites offering phony tickets for the Olympic Games in Beijing.

State officials say they've gotten many complaints from consumers who paid thousands of dollars for tickets they never received.

Officials say the U.S. Olympic Committee has authorized only one company to sell tickets in the United States — doing business as CoSport and Jet Set Sports.

Those tickets cannot be sold through commercial brokers.

And official tickets to the opening and closing ceremonies are embedded with a microchip that contains the ticket holder's name, photo and passport number.

 


Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

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