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Fans in China buying fake sick notes to watch the World Cup

Worried that your late night World Cup matches are going to negatively affect your work punctuality?  Chinese fraudsters are doing a roaring trade in fake sick notes designed to help football fans skip work during this month’s World Cup.

Most World Cup matches will take place in Brazil when it is past midnight in China, or in the early hours between 3 and 6 a.m.

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