Fact Check: Do not click on this link for World Cup tickets, otherwise you will become a victim of fraud

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Dt. 27 October 2023, Friday

A link is being shared very quickly on social media, in which it is claimed that by clicking on this link, you will be able to book cricket world cup tickets. But when it was checked, the link turned out to be fake.

Fact Check: Cricket World Cup is being held in India this time, it is natural that most of the people want to go and watch this match in the stadium. Especially whenever there is a match of an Indian team, there is a lot of fighting over the match ticket and its booking. Meanwhile, a link is being shared very quickly with the claim of booking tickets to watch the match at the stadium. It is also claimed that by clicking on this link you can buy or win match tickets at the stadium. But when it was thoroughly investigated, this link turned out to be fake.

What's going viral?

In fact, a Facebook user shared this post on 15 October 2023. This post is accompanied by a caption.

• 1.5 World Cup Final Tickets
• 2.10 World Cup Final Tickets
• 3.5 Noise Smart Watch
• 4.5 Noise Earbuds
• 5.1 Vivo T1 Smart Phone

A link is also provided below this post. The preview of this link also says 'ICC World Cup 2023'. It is claimed that by clicking on the link shared with the post, you can book or even win a ticket for a Cricket World Cup match. Apart from this, it has also been claimed that you can win not only match tickets but also smart watches, earphones or smart phones.

Investigation revealed that the link is fake, so don't trust it

However, when checked about this Facebook link, this link is taken from Telegram's page. Here is an option linked to the Telegram group named 'ICC World Cup 2023 Tickets'. So it can be realized that this is a new plan to cheat. Then looking at the URL of this page it is starting from "t.me/icc_worldcup_tickets" while BCCI official website URL is www.Bcci.tv and ICC official website URL is www.cricketworldcup.com. So this link is fake and don't trust it, otherwise you may fall prey to fraud.

Here is the original link to book tickets

If you want to book the ticket for the match then you can book it on the official website of BCCI www.Bcci.tv. Apart from this, you can easily book tickets through Book my Show.