Police probe fake ticket center

By Chen Qian | January 12, 2009, Monday |

Online Edition

QINGPU police have begun investigate a fake train ticket booking center which allegedly swindled 700 people of more than 100,000 yuan (US$14,706).

The organizer of the scheme, a man surnamed Zhang, has not been caught yet. But according to records handed to police by an employee, Zhang swindled more than 700 people of amounts ranging from several hundred yuan to thousands of yuan.

His fled with all the money and switched his phone off.

One victim surnamed Liu told the newspaper he lost 200 yuan.

Liu saw a billboard advertising ticket booking and contacted Zhang on January 7. Zhang told Liu he could get train tickets through a personal contact even though his office was in a residential house and had only one desk.

Liu believed him after watching many others come in to book their tickets. He paid Zhang 200 yuan, 85 percent of the ticket price and also introduced Zhang to a colleague, who later paid Zhang several thousand yuan for tickets.

Zhang gave them the receipts and promised to deliver the tickets in five days.

Most of the victims are migrant workers wanting to travel home for the Spring Festival.

Metro

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