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Football fans urged to show ticket fraudsters red card ahead of World Cup

London, May 11 (UNI) Fans of Premier League clubs Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United have emerged as the main targets for fraudsters selling worthless fake tickets.
A new report released on Monday by Britain's interior ministry, the Home Office, said ticket scams rose 36 percent over the past six months compared with the same period a year earlier.
The report said victims of ticket fraud lost an average of 215 pounds (292 U.S. dollars), although some lost much more. The total amount of money lost by victims rose 42 percent compared with the same six-month period a year earlier.
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