If the ticket price is too good to be true, there’s urgency to send money or the ticket-holder is promising an instant transfer, be wary
As Taylor Swift prepares to close out her Eras Tour era in Canada , fans desperate to see the pop star perform live are vulnerable to scams. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 140 reports of fraudulent Swift tickets this year, most of which came from people who were scammed out of money.
For that reason, she said, prevention is the best protection. Here are some tips on how to spot a scam.ticket sales are scams: it’s all of them, at least if the ticket-holder is promising an instant transfer. Long has put a pause on buying and selling Eras Tour tickets for that reason – though they weren’t a huge part of his business because their astronomical price left them out of reach for most people.“If it’s too good to be true, chances are it is too good to be true,” Cahill said.. Anything less than that and you should be wary, Cahill said.“If there’s a sense of urgency to send money because you’re going to miss out, that should be an indicator right there,” she said.
If this happens to you, Cahill recommends reaching out to the prospective seller on a different platform, for instance by text message, or asking some mutual friends to verify whether the tickets are real.
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