Tickets for next year's Brazil World Cup group games are being offered at up to 5,779 pounds by rip-off websites, according to reports.
According to the Mirror, the group game price is more than 50 times highest face value for the opening round, topping a black market VIP seat at the final.
It even tops a black market VIP seat at the final on July 13, advertised at 4,389 pounds, the report said.
FIFA are warning fans tickets bought from rogue sites may not even turn up and it vowed to go after websites re-selling tickets, the report added.
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