６００万円でメッシと食事？　中国当局が詐欺に注意喚起

【北京ＡＦＰ＝時事】中国でサッカーアルゼンチン代表のリオネル・メッシと一緒に食事や自撮りをできる、ファンからすれば夢の権利を売り出す詐欺が横行し、警察が注意を促している。（写真は資料写真）
　メッシは１０日に中国・北京に到着し、１５日には新たに改装された収容人数６万８０００人の工人体育場でオーストラリア代表との国際親善試合に臨むが、この試合は熱烈なメッシファンの心理につけ込もうとする詐欺師やダフ屋も引き寄せている。
　普段は厳しい警察は、３０万元（約５８６万円）でメッシと一緒に夕食が取れるという広く出回っている広告を取りあげ、ＳＮＳの微博（ウェイボー）で「３０万元をだまし取られる人がいたら、われわれはその人に乾杯する」と冗談めかして警告した。
　インターネット上では他にも、５０００元（約９万８０００円）のスタジアム「内部」パスや、サイン入りユニホームや最前列の席、写真を撮る権利などがセットになった８０００元（約１５万６０００円）以上の「特製ＶＩＰパッケージ」など、怪しいものが売り出されている。
　中国のファンは英雄メッシを近くで見ようと必死で、５８０元（約１万１０００円）から４８００元（約９万４０００円）のチケットはすぐに完売。スタジアム入場にはＩＤの提示が必要などの対策も施されているが、オークションサイトの淘宝（タオバオ）では最高１万８０００元（約３５万円）でチケットが転売されている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/06/12-17:30）

Dinner, drinks and a selfie with Lionel Messi sounds like every football fan's dream, but Chinese police have warned it's just one of numerous scams surrounding his visit to Beijing.
The Argentine legend's presence in China for a friendly against Australia in the capital on Thursday has drawn scammers and ticket-scalpers desperate to capitalise on Messi mania.
Beijing police are warning against falling for one widely circulated advertisement that promises an evening in Messi's company for 300,000 yuan ($42,000).
If you can be scammed of 300,000 yuan, we'll raise a glass to you, the usually austere Beijing public security bureau joked on the Twitter-like Weibo.
Other dubious offers posted online include internal stadium passes for 5,000 yuan and a tailored VIP package including an autographed jersey, front-row seats and a photo with Messi for over 8,000 yuan.
For 50 million yuan, Messi will appear on your shopping livestream to extol the virtues of your product, another unauthorised advertisement claims.
Messi landed in Beijing on Saturday and will lead the world champions against the Socceroos at Beijing's newly renovated 68,000-capacity Workers' Stadium.
It is a rematch of the round-of-16 clash at last winter's World Cup, where Argentina won 2-1 and went on to lift the trophy.
Chinese fans have been desperate to get close to their hero Messi, with tickets for the game ranging from 580 to 4,800 yuan quickly selling out.
Dozens of merchants on the Taobao online shopping platform are offering to resell tickets for as much as 18,000 yuan, despite anti-scalping measures including an ID requirement for entering the stadium.
Hundreds of people waited outside the Argentina team hotel in central Beijing on Saturday, with one fan telling AFP they had booked a room in hopes of catching a glimpse of Messi after failing to secure match tickets.
The 35-year-old Messi, who is set to join Inter Miami after leaving Paris Saint-Germain, will also play another friendly match when Argentina take on Indonesia in Jakarta on June 19.