Footy and Music Fans Hit by Fake Tickets ‘Scam-Demic’

Published on September 28, 2024

Clever scammers have begun preying on footy fans after finding success selling fake Taylor Swift tickets and running dodgy investment ploys, one of Australia’s big four banks said. The pivot to catch out diehard fanatics ahead of the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) grand finals continues a trend of scammers evolving methods to anything that sells out quickly or is hard to come by. Fans of Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, and Dua Lipa, all soon to tour Australia, are expected to become targets in coming weeks. It comes as data released on Sep. 27 shows the most scammed postcodes across the country, according to Westpac reports....

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