Boxing: People are being caught off-guard by 'fake websites' selling Parker vs Joshua tickets

Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker square up during a press conference this year. Photo / Getty Images

Fake tickets to the heavyweight world title fight between Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua are being sold online.

United Kingdom anti-fraud investigators are warning the public not to purchase tickets to the blockbuster title match before their official release date.

Fake tickets are being priced as low as £40 (NZ$76) with VIP tickets priced at £2000 (NZ$3808).

The first official tickets go on pre-sale to Matchroom Fight pass members at midday on Monday 22, January with the general sale on Tuesday 23, January.

Action Fraud claim that on one of the sites they have been monitoring you can add more VIP ringside seats to the basket and proceed to pay than there are seats at ringside.

Last year they uncovered that over 21,000 people were reported to fall victim to ticket fraud in the previous three years - a total loss of £17 million (NZ$32 million).

Official tickets to the fight are being sold by official ticketing partner Stub Hub with the fight taking place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on March 31 .

The fight will see Parker put his WBO belt on the line while Joshua will try to defend his IBF, IBO and WBA titles.