- A group of 50 Real Madrid fans have reportedly been ‘scammed out of £70,000’
- A man posing as the head of a supporters’ club offered the fans season tickets
- One retired couple ‘spent £3,500’ and were ‘threatened by the alleged fraudster’
A group of 50 Real Madrid fans have been ‘scammed out of £70,000′ by a man claiming to represent a supporters’ club.
Reports in Spanish outlet Cadena SER claim a man describing himself as director of the Orgullo Vikingo club in Barcelona promised season tickets to the fans, which turned out to be fake.
There is no record of such a group existing in Barcelona, although the name may have been lifted from a similar organisation in Lepe.
He is believed to have claimed that spaces had opened up at the Bernabeu due to deaths during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and gained the fans’ trust by ‘interacting with club personnel.’
One retired couple reportedly paid £3,500 for season tickets that did not exist and were threatened after contacting the club, as they told Cadena SER: ‘There were two season tickets.
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