People hoping to attend the Beijing Olympic Games have become victims of an international Internet ticket scam in which thousands of fake tickets were offered the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said today.

The IOC and the United States Olympic Committee filed a lawsuit last week accusing at least half a dozen Web sites of selling bogus tickets. The action comes too late to help people find replacement seats at the Games.

The scam has affected people in Australia, New Zealand, U.S., Japan, Norway, China and Britain.

Olympic tickets are only sold through official national agents or the official online ticket store, tickets.beijing2008.cn.

"Anybody buying tickets for the Olympic Games should be careful to buy from an official source. Sadly, there are some fraudulent dealers, known as 'scalpers', who are out to cheat fans," said the IOC in a statement.

One of the sites named in the IOC lawsuit, beijingticketing.com was still operating, offering tickets to a variety of events, including Friday's opening ceremony, with prices reaching $2,150.

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What buyers should know is that even with genuine tickets they can't attend the games.
Why? Because the wonderful people running the government don't give visas anymore. The fact is that I had to go back to my country and wait for all of that crap to end, then I can go back.
China doesn't deserve the games and it surely will never happen there anymore so they'd better enjoy them for 2 months.

I like china but I'm disapointed by its government.