Soccer – Freiburg im Breisgau – Police warn of fraud with alleged cup final tickets – Sport

Freiburg (dpa) – With a view to the DFB Cup final between the Bundesliga soccer teams SC Freiburg and RB Leipzig, the police are warning of fraudsters on the ticket market. In the area of ​​responsibility of the police headquarters in Freiburg, reports of fraud would increase, according to a statement on Friday.

Tickets for the game on May 21 in Berlin are being offered at overpriced prices, especially on internet sales platforms. After the potential buyer is presented with the supposed real identity of the seller, usually by means of an identity card, the seller transfers the purchase price to a bank account. However, the cards were never delivered and the person depicted on the identity card had nothing to do with the whole thing, since the copy of the identity card was also misused. A refund of the transferred amount is not possible.

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