The match of a lifetime turned into an expensive nightmare for at least two Maltese fans who had no choice but to watch the game in a Berlin bar after they were conned by a fraudster.

The football fans both paid the Maltese conman a €500 deposit for the Juventus vs Barcelona Champions League final last night but the tickets were never supplied.

A senior police officer told The Sunday Times of Malta it is believed the man was a convicted fraudster who chose to go under a different name.

The investigator said he had heard of different variations of the scam, but all were portrayed by a man fitting the same physical description but under a different alias.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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