Taylor Swift fans have raised a dire warning for those hoping to get their hands on a ticket to her Eras Tour.
Many young Australian fans have fallen victim to scammers claiming to be selling tickets on social media for his sold-out dates in Sydney and Melbourne.
Dodgy scammers are finding new ways to steal thousands of dollars from Swifties – including hacking into their friends’ Facebook accounts.
The trick leads fans to believe that the ticket resale is legitimate, as the victim believes it is from someone they know or a friend.
Grace, 20, from Sydney told 2GB’s Ben Fordham she was $1200 out of pocket after she bought four fake tickets from a ‘friend of a friend’.
‘I messaged them, and they sent a screenshot of the email confirmation that they bought these tickets. It has their name on it, the tickets section, it has four tickets,’ he explained.
‘So none of my alarm bells went off because everyone looked over board at me.’
When Grace transferred the $1200, the account immediately blocked her from all contact.
‘I was like, “Oh, God, it’s ringing alarm bells right now,” she added.
‘I tried to call a friend’s friend’s number and when they finally answered they said “I’ve had six more calls like this today, my Facebook has been hacked. That’s not what I posted.” ‘
The young woman tried to contact her bank, who unfortunately said there was nothing they could do.
Many young Australian fans have fallen victim to scammers claiming to be selling tickets on social media for his sold out dates in Sydney and Melbourne
Dodgy scammers are finding new ways to steal thousands of dollars from Swifties – including hacking into their friends’ Facebook accounts
‘Because Facebook is irresponsible,’ he continued. ‘If it’s a dodgy website or something, it’s a lot easier for them to get my funds back.
‘I just have to lose that money, basically.’
Another fan, named Yin, also fell victim to a Facebook scam similar to Grace.
‘I found a group on Facebook that claims there are no scammers and sells legitimate Taylor Swift tickets. And I fell for it,’ he said.
Swiftie shelled out $300 just to get the ticket, before she was told she had to buy two.
General admission tickets for the Sydney and Melbourne dates of Taylor Swift’s Australian Eras tour sold out in just hours after two pre-sales broke the internet
In total, Yin lost $600, with the scammer blocking her and ‘deleting all their messages to erase their steps’.
This comes after thousands of Aussie Swifties had a meltdown when they tried to score a seat at his concerts next year during Frontier’s Touring second pre-sale through Ticketek.
General admission tickets for the Sydney and Melbourne dates of Taylor Swift’s Australian Eras tour sold out in just hours in June, after two pre-sales broke the internet earlier that week.
While thousands of Aussie fans queued online for tickets, some decided to camp outside the Ticketek offices ‘because it’s easier than buying them online.’
It comes after thousands of Aussie Swifties had a meltdown when they tried to score a seat at his concerts next year during Frontier’s Touring second pre-sale through Ticketek
Aussie fans camped outside the Ticketek offices in a bid to beat the online queue
‘Camping out all night at the Ticketek office for Taylor Swift tickets because it’s easier than getting them online,’ one fan wrote
The Speak Now singer was forced to add extra dates after millions of excited fans lost tickets during the pre-sale.
Swift has announced a third show in Melbourne at the MCG on February 18 next year and a fourth concert in Sydney at Accor Stadium on February 26 as part of The Eras Tour.
The Grammy award-winning star will become the first artist since Madonna to perform three consecutive concerts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when she takes to the stage in February next year, and the first to play a fourth back-to-back shows at Accor Stadium in Sydney.
The new gigs are in addition to the current Melbourne concerts on February 16 and 17 and Sydney shows on February 23, 24, 25.
The Grammy award-winning star will become the first artist since Madonna to perform three consecutive concerts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when she takes to the stage in February next year, and the first to play a fourth in a row. show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium
