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Music fans are the top targets for ticket fraudsters, new figures reveal.


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Old 15-05-2014, 13:05
Electra
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Festival and gig goers were conned out of almost £1million in 2013 when they bought tickets that were never delivered and most likely never existed in the first place. According to figures released by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), music fans were the target of 25% of scams – 15% concert goers and 10% festival fans. Holidaymakers were hit 22% of the time.

In total, the public was conned out of £3.7m in 2013 by shelling out for dodgy tickets for flights, concerts, festivals, sporting and other events. ACPO says the scams are usually carried out online and that incidents peak during the summer festival season.

http://www.metalhammer.com/news/2014...ket-fraudsters
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Old 16-05-2014, 08:58
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I don't get this, where are they buying them from? I've bought tickets from Ebay, Getmein, Viagogo etc etc and never had any issues.
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Old 17-05-2014, 00:31
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As festivals were becoming more and more popular over the past decade, then I suppose it was to be inevitable that the attendees were going to become a target for fraud.
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