Imagine scoring hot concert or sports tickets, then getting locked out of your account by a scammer.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Savannah Van Skyhawk was excited to see Taylor Swift at Lucas Oil Stadium in November.
Then, her four tickets vanished from her account.
“[Scammers] took my tickets, transferred them elsewhere, and then I couldn’t get back into my to my Ticketmaster account,” she said.
Van Skyhawk bought the lower-level tickets more than a year ago, one of the lucky ones paying face value.
“We paid about $300 per ticket, and I’ve seen resale value of between like four or five grand per ticket. So we weren’t going to be able to afford another ticket if we didn’t get these ones back,” Van Skyhawk said.
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