Sep 9, 2007

A fake casino website based in mainland China was found.

The Consumer Council received an inquiry from a Malaysian resident, who had received an SMS message from someone from “MGM Malaysia Office” who claimed that he had won a cash price, and asked him to deposit money to the “Macau Trust Fund”.

The Malaysian pointed out that the address of that “Malaysia Office” does not actually exist, nor the telephone number is not registered. The “office” claimed that he can verify at its “headquarters” in Macau, which he did so.

Investigations by authorities in Macau show that the website was registered in Dalian, mainland China. The owner of the telephone number displayed on the website speaks fluent Mandarin.

The website (www.migome.com) was still operational at the time this article was published. It copied from Sands Macau website almost completely, and can easily fool foreigners who do not know Macau too well.

The Consumer Council has referred the case to the Judiciary Police and the Office of Telecom Regulations for further investigations, and appealed to the public not to trust the contents of websites easily.

Source: BlogMacau.info

一家位于中国大陆的虚假博彩网站被发现。

消费者委员会收到了一封来自马拉西亚居民的问讯，该居民收到了一个SMS短信，短信发自“MGM马来西亚办公室”的某人，声称该居民获得了现金奖，并要求他将钱存到“澳门信托基金”的帐户上。

这位马来西亚居民指出，短信中的那个“马来西亚办公室”的地址并不存在，电话号码也并未登记。该“办公室”声称他可以在其澳门“总部”核实，他也这样做了。

根据澳门有关当局的调查显示，该网站注册于中国大陆的大连。网站上显示的电话号码的主人讲一口流利的普通话。

截至本文发稿时，该网站(www.migome.com)仍在运行。该网站的内容几乎全部复制自澳门金沙赌场（Sands Macau）的网站，可以轻易地骗过那些对澳门不甚了解的外国人。

消费者委员会已将本案汇报给了司法警察局和电信管理处以进行进一步的调查，并向公众呼吁不要轻易相信网站内容。