{"id":21757,"date":"2008-07-14T08:04:32","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T15:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=21757"},"modified":"2008-07-14T08:04:32","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T15:04:32","slug":"china-police-warn-citizens-to-beware-olympic-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/china-police-warn-citizens-to-beware-olympic-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"China Police Warn Citizens To Beware Olympic Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fake tickets are only the beginning, <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/reutersComService_2_MOLT\/idUKPEK31981220080714\">from Reuters<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Apart from run-of-the-mill confidence tricks from people selling pirated Olympic coins, gold bricks and other merchandise, police had heard reports of offers to arrange &#8220;Olympic securities and funds&#8221; through back-door connections, the Beijing News said, citing the Shanxi Public Security Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>One imaginative scheme, in a list of nine of the most commonly reported stings, involved a scam to sell Olympic medals supposedly missing after a warehouse blaze, and in exchange the buyers could turn them into the government for &#8220;a high price.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another sought to extract fees from people who had been selected to receive &#8220;special training&#8221; to act as journalists during the sporting event, the paper said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake tickets are only the beginning, from Reuters: Apart from run-of-the-mill confidence tricks from people selling pirated Olympic coins, gold bricks and other merchandise, police had heard reports of offers to arrange &#8220;Olympic securities and funds&#8221; through back-door connections, the Beijing News said, citing the Shanxi Public Security Bureau. 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