The increasing number of fake "Eras Tour" tickets being sold is alarming and police has already warned the public about it. But the crimes involved is not as simple as selling no-good tickets.
The recent police warning about Swifties checking if the sellers of their tickets are legit people and companies might not be enough.
A. B.C. woman claims that scammers have obtained her Facebook account and are exploiting her profile to trick people into purchasing phony Taylor Swift concert tickets.
One can just imagine if this fake person sells fake tickets to real friends of the Facebook account holder.
Hacking and Fake 'Eras Tour' Tickets
"There's no recourse for me. There's nowhere for me to go to fix this problem. So for three months, I've been living with knowing that people are being harmed on my behalf," Susan Cowling told Consumer Matters.
The Kelowna resident claims that fraudsters hijacked her Facebook profile and hacked her account as early as in January. Cowling claims that the con artists were able to access her account by changing her password
She claims that a contractor working on her house contacted her online inquiring for Taylor Swift tickets, which is how she learned about the scam.
She then revealed that Facebook is not even doing anything to stop this madness or find the fraudster.
Facebook, Meta Not Acting to Stop Hacking, Selling of Fake Tickets
She claims that despite friends and relatives denouncing the fraud to Facebook's parent company, Meta, on multiple occasions, there has been no progress.
"The desperation I feel. The gut-wrenching feeling that I feel when someone calls me and says 'Oh I see you have Taylor Swift tickets for sale'. It's indescribable. I feel horrible," said Cowling.
Since then, Cowling has made an effort to be proactive by creating a new Facebook profile and posting a notice stating that her previous account is phony and that she is not offering Taylor Swift tickets or any other kind of merchandise.
On Cowling's behalf, Consumer Matters contacted Meta, requesting that it assist Cowling in closing her previous Facebook account.
The social media behemoth did not reply.
Certain specialists in technology claim that Meta's lack of action is not shocking.
"Meta has literally billions of users and there really is no mechanism for people to get help when they really need it to get their accounts back," said Handy Andy Media's Andy Baryer.
A quick check on Twitter would show many people expressing concerns of how their Facebook accounts were hacked by scammers selling these Taylor Swift tickets.
@facebook anyone know how to recover a Facebook account that has had the email,password and phone number changed.hacker took over my account and is trying to sell fake Taylor swift tickets to everyone on my friends list.Tried everything on https://t.co/XVjg9FVLFx and nothing work
— TheGarvinator (@bgarvin28) March 26, 2024
@facebook my friends Facebook got hacked and now the hackers are trying to sell fake Taylor Swift tickets. What's the quickest way to remedy this to prevent people getting scammed?
— Jonny Rocket (@805Jon) January 12, 2024
I hate that, I permanently lost my Facebook account that was hacked. Facebook customer service never even replied back outside of telling people that the hacker showed no proof of impersonation of me. Hacker was selling fake Taylor swift tickets and doing scams under my account…
— Thirty Foot Smurf⚾️♋️ (@goodapplejokes) March 9, 2024
Police Urgent Warning on Fake 'Eras Tour' Tickets
Knowing how many Swifties are desperate to get tickets now that most of these are sold out - and knowing how many would trust their "friends" rather than strangers online selling tickets, this scheme has and can continue to rob so many people of their money.
Recently, after the police has discovered how many people are being scammed with fake Eras Tour tickets, they released a warning to the public.
The police said in a statement, "The amount of money suspected to have been fraudulently paid is estimated at over £5,000. Many of these frauds are taking place on online marketplace platforms."
They further cautioned, "Please be vigilant and ensure you are buying from legitimate sources, checking any bank details being provided."
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