600 people have already come forward with the average lost £332
More than £1 million could already have been lost in the UK to fraudsters pretending to offer Taylor Swift concert tickets, a major bank estimates. Lloyds Bank has issued a warning to fans, saying that more than 600 Lloyds Banking Group customers have come forward so far to report being scammed.
Fans aged 25 to 34 who are trying to get their hands on sold-out tickets are most likely to be targeted, with many scams originating on social media, Lloyds warned. Looking more broadly at concert ticket scams, fans of major artists such as Coldplay, Beyonce and Harry Styles were among those targeted last summer, Lloyds said.
When tickets for an event are scarce, fraudsters know they can cash in on eager fans willing to pay much more, by falsely claiming to have tickets for sale. There are often two waves of fraud – the first when tickets go on sale and the second around the time an event takes place – Lloyds said.
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