Olympic ticket warning from London Metropolitan Police

(Issued on behalf of the Metropolitan Police)

The Metropolitan Police in London has issued a warning about a number of websites offering tickets for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The company Euroteam is under active investigation and individuals are strongly advised not to purchase London Olympic or Paralympic Games tickets from them.

The following websites are operated by Euroteam and as such should be avoided:

www.euroteam.net
www.tixnet.com
www.olympicticket.info
www.euroteam.info
www.euroteamtickets.com
www.2012tickets.org
www.londonsummergames.net
www.londonsummergames.org
www.euroteam.travel
www.worldticketservice.net

Any individuals that have purchased tickets from these sites or any other unofficial vendor are advised to contact the company direct and to also seek advice from your method of payment provider.

Detective Superintendent Nick Downing from the Metropolitan Police Service said:

“Please check carefully if you have bought tickets from any of these websites, I am seriously concerned that anyone who has bought Olympic or Paralympic tickets will now not receive them.”

“There is an ongoing investigation by the Norwegian Police into the wider activity of this company, and we know that the company have stated that they have not sourced all of the Olympic and Paralympic tickets that they have sold” said Mr Downing.

 

Newsrooms please note:

New Zealand Police is issuing this statement on behalf of the Metropolitan Police as it is possible these websites have been used by New Zealand residents.  New Zealand is one of several countries which has been asked to distribute this warning.

Anyone in New Zealand who has used these sites and wishes to report concerns to Police should do so at their local Police station. Details will be forwarded to the Metropolitan Police via Interpol.

As this is a Metropolitan Police investigation any media questions about the investigation itself should be directed to the Metropolitan Police press bureau on +44 207 230 2171.  This is staffed 24/7.