Daily News | Philly fans are desperate for Taylor Swift tickets, making them prime targets for scammers
During the search for tickets to her first Taylor Swift concert, Jasmine Ma has talked to dozens of probable scammers on Facebook and Instagram.
on those sites, Ma said she has no choice but to brave a social media marketplace rife with con artists looking to take advantage of Swifties.A trusted secondary-market site “would definitely make me feel more assured, but the ticket prices are way too high right now,” said Ma, who works in administration for an engineering firm. Despite being a lifelong fan, “it’s not justifiable paying more than a mortgage to see her for a night.
Concert tickets being priced so high can exacerbate FOMO, or “the fear of missing out,” said Moody’s analyst Jason Mercer. As fans scour all corners of the internet for tickets, struggling to find ones in their price range, “it’s in their mind that this must be the best show ever.” With strangers on social media, there are no guarantees, she said, and more than just the ticket cost could be on the line.
By being tapped into Swiftie social media channels, D’Achelle, a project manager, said she learned to look for specific red flags, such as accounts with a profile picture allegedly showing the seller and Swift .
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