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19 Mar 2012
Police are warning the public of some
recent advertisements that have appeared in
national and international media advertising tickets for the
Olympic and Paralympic Games. The advertisements just feature a
mobile phone number or email address to contact for more
information.
Detective Superintendent Nick Downing from Operation Podium
said;
Please do not attempt to buy tickets from adverts such
as these as you risk paying over the odds for tickets that
may not exist and your personal details may be stolen and used in
other crimes. The safest way to buy tickets for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games is from the London 2012 website. On this site you
will find the most up to date information about tickets, future
Olympic and Paralympic Games ticket sales and the London 2012
website checker.
- Detective Superintendent Nick Downing
If you have tried to buy a ticket in this way please contact
Operation Podium at OperationPodium@met.pnn.police.uk
It is illegal to advertise or
sell an Olympic or Paralympic Games ticket without
the appropriate authorisation from the event organisers
LOCOG and carries a fine of up to £20,000 for each offence.
Operation Podium is the Met′s dedicated team to tackle serious
and organised economic crime against the Games and is working to
disrupt those serious and organised criminals looking to target the
Games.
For full crime prevention advice on safe ways to buy your ticket
for the London 2012 Games, visit the MPS Operation Podium website
at http://content.met.police.uk/Site/visitorolympics
