Beware of Taylor Swift ticket resale scam, Vancouver Island Mounties warn
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Police on Vancouver Island are warning Taylor Swift fans not to fall for scams advertising resale tickets to her sold-out Vancouver shows on Facebook.
Police on Vancouver Island are warning Taylor Swift fans not to fall for scams advertising resale tickets to her sold-out Vancouver shows on Facebook.
In a statement Friday, West Shore RCMP said it has received "at least four complaints" about a fraud taking place on several Facebook community groups and Facebook Marketplace.
"The complainants advised police that they contacted the seller who claimed to have Taylor Swift concert tickets for sale, and subsequently sent money to the seller, but did not receive the tickets," the statement reads.
Mounties said they believe the Facebook account advertising the tickets had been hacked.
"Unfortunately, this fraud has multiple victims who have lost money, along with the real Facebook user whose account was hacked and their identity assumed and used to defraud people," said Cpl. Nancy Saggar in the statement.
The police description of the scam bears a striking resemblance to the experience Sunshine Coast resident Audra O'Loughlin shared with CTV News late last year.
O'Loughlin and her daughter paid a scammer a total of $1,600 for four tickets, thinking they had done due diligence and found a great deal.
