A Liverpool FC fan and his friends say they were conned out of Sh 2.8 million (£19,000) by scammers selling fake Champions League final tickets online.

Ray Mcdonald, from Cheshire, and his friends received their tickets on Tuesday night ahead of the final in Paris tomorrow.

But after examining the tickets – which cost Sh 147,000 (£1,000) each – the group realised the PDFs were in fact fake.

After trying to contact the ticket tout, who Ray said he has bought tickets from six times this season, he realised their Twitter account had been deleted and their number was no longer in service.

The 33-year-old said he has been added to a WhatsApp group with 50 fans who have been scammed out of a total of 125-150 tickets.

He has come forward to warn other fans about the scam and help to stop the same thing from happening to anyone else.