New Zealand , England , Japan , China and Norway , according to media reports . Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates told local media that relatives of the country 's softball team had been victims of the site . The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the New South Wales Government set up a hotline for those duped out of tickets . The hotline has received hundreds of calls from around the globe with consumers detailing losses as high as $ 57,000 . The IOC and USOC successfully secured a restraining order on July 23 in federal court in Phoenix , Arizona , that shut down www.beijing-2008tickets.com , according to court documents . That site is now shut down and no contact information is available . The site www.BeijingTicketing.com priced tickets for Friday 's Olympic opening ceremony at about $ 2,000 , with events such as swimming selling for between $ 300 and $ 500 . The site is the first entry that comes up for a Google search for `` Olympic tickets , '' second only to the authorized dealer of Olympic tickets , www.cosport.com . The Web site ww.beijingticketing.com site lists a London phone number , which rang
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee are expected to ask a federal judge Monday to shut down Web sites they allege scam customers trying to buy Olympic tickets , according to court documents . The Web site www.beijingticketing.com is accused in a lawsuit of scamming Olympic ticket buyers . The IOC and the USOC filed lawsuits on July 22 against several Web sites -- primarily www.beijingticketing.com and www.beijing-2008tickets.com -- for illegally using Olympic trademarks to dupe customers into giving them credit card , passport and banking information . Lawyers for the IOC and USOC are expected to petition U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White on Monday to permanently shut down several sites listed in the lawsuit . The lawsuit names the company XL & H Ltd , known as Xclusive Leisure & Hospitality Ltd. and six other Web sites believed to be fraudulent . Several consumers who purchased tickets from the site contacted the USOC when they did not receive tickets , despite numerous calls and e-mails to the Web sites founder , according to a USOC press release . The scam has hit Olympic fans in the United States , Australia ,