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 scam surrounding his visit to Beijing.
Argentina will play a friendly match against Australia on June 15 at Beijing's newly renovated 68,000-capacity Workers' StadiumBEIJING - 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.
"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. 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.
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