In a media release, Ottawa police say investigators in the Fraud Unit have received an increase in reports of fake ticket sales for the sold-out Taylor Swift concerts in recent weeks.
"Some complainants losing upwards of $2,000," police said on Twitter. "Ottawa residents have lost more than $12,000 to this scam in the last three days alone."
Police warn the public that there has been a significant increase in the risk of financial loss when conducting purchases through Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji."Fraud Unit Investigators are seeing a recent trend where buyers place large deposits on unseen goods with unknown sellers, only to never receive the product," police said in a statement.
Tickets to see Taylor Swift in Toronto in November 2024 are selling for more than $1,300 each on Stubhub.
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