Someone in Wuhan East Lake Moshan Scenic Area is selling fake tickets to look like the real ones.

The weather is now warm and the flowers are blooming. It is a good day to go out and enjoy the flowers. Many tourists are heading to the East Lake Scenic Area, especially Wuhan East Lake Moshan Cherry Garden. Everyone should be careful when it comes to this. Recently, some people have been selling fake tickets here to make money! The fake tickets seized are enough to look fake.

Recently, the East Lake police arrested a "scalper" who specialized in selling counterfeit tickets.

"There is a man selling fake tickets in the scenic area. We brought him to the office. Please come and deal with it quickly." At about 11 a.m. on the 26th, the Moshan Police Station of the East Lake Public Security Bureau received a call from Moshan. Staff at the Scenic Area Management Office called the police. After receiving the call, police officers Zhang Jun and Chen Lei, who handled the case, quickly rushed to the management office together with the auxiliary police.

The staff of the Moshan Scenic Area Management Office told the police that in the morning, when three tourists came to the gate to check in with their tickets, the staff found that the tourists’ tickets were all fake. After detailed questioning, they learned that the three tourists A tourist was greedy for bargains and thought the 180 yuan ticket was too expensive, so he listened to a man's instigation and spent 120 yuan to get 3 tickets from the man. After the tourist pointed out, the staff identified the man who was selling fake tickets. The man took control and found more than 10 fake tickets in his possession. During this period, a man suspected of being a lookout took the opportunity to escape.

"Where did your tickets come from?" When asked by the police, the middle-aged man still kept defending: "I bought it from others at a low price and sold it at a high price. I didn’t know they were fake tickets.” The police counted and found that there were 15 fake tickets that had not yet been sold, and immediately took them to the police station for investigation.

After investigation, the man was 50-year-old Li, a native of Xianning, with no fixed occupation. Because he was suspected of reselling valuable tickets, he was sentenced to 10 days of administrative detention in accordance with the law.

Yesterday morning, Zhang Jun, the police officer handling the case, showed the real tickets of Moshan Scenic Area and the fake tickets that were seized. The scenery paintings, ticket headers, official invoice seals, etc. of the fake tickets were exactly the same as the real tickets, and they were very fake. Realistic and difficult to identify with the naked eye.

East Lake Police reminded that in order to prevent ticket scalping in scenic spots, most scenic spots in Wuhan currently require on-site ticket purchase, or tourists purchase tickets in advance through official websites and large ticket purchase platforms. Any other units and Most of the behavior of individuals selling tickets is suspected of fraud. Citizens and tourists are advised to take more precautions to avoid giving fraudsters an opportunity.