She was a concert ticket scam victim nine years ago, but desperate for two tickets to Taylor Swift’s concert next March, she paid $700 to a “reseller” on Carousell. Thinking she had snagged a good deal for two Category 3 tickets worth $288 each, Anna (not her real...
Revealing the scam figures to The Straits Times, the police said with more acts announcing concert dates in Singapore this year, there has been a resurgence of scams involving concert ticket sales.
She said: “I thought I had a good chance of buying two tickets to surprise my boyfriend, who has been a fan since her debut album, Taylor Swift, came out in 2006. It will be his 32nd birthday in March too.”Said Anna: “I got in, selected two seats for us, but got kicked outShe was pushed to the back of the virtual queue with more than 600,000 people in front of her. The tickets sold out within three hours.
Anna said she quickly transferred the money to him via PayNow. She only realised she had been scammed when the seller blocked her on Carousell and WhatsApp.She said this was her second time being scammed over concert tickets. In 2014, she lost $500 after trying to get a ticket to Japanese boy band Arashi’s live screening of their concert in Japan.Dr Lim Boon Leng, a psychiatrist at Gleneagles Hospital, said it is not just the fans who are desperate for tickets.
He said: “Acts like Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Jacky Cheung are so popular and have sheer star power. There could be people who want tickets to their concerts to wear like a badge of honour, or for bragging rights.” Said the police: “With many unsuspecting customers falling prey to e-commerce scams involving concert tickets lately, the police have highlighted to Carousell and other platforms such as Twitter and Meta the growing concern of scams arising from the resale of concert tickets.”
They also advised not to install any apps that sellers send via links in messaging platforms, and to only download apps from official app stores like Apple Store and Google Play Store.
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