/ 14 February 2024

A cruel summer of scammers

Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019. (Photo by ANGELA  WEISS / AFP)        (Photo credit should read ANGELA  WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet for the Time 100 Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York on April 23, 2019. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

While Aussie Swifties are getting ready to lose their minds ahead of her first concert in Melbourne on the weekend – spare a thought for the hundreds of fans who may have fallen victim to a ticket scam… After it was overwhelmed with reports, Ticketek is now setting up pop-up centres in Melbourne and Sydney to help people who’ve been duped online. Some customers say their Ticketek accounts have been hacked – and their legit tickets resold by scammers. The ticket company says it’s “working around the clock” to resolve the issues before the shows kick off. And if you missed out in the first wave, we hope you got lucky in yesterday’s Swiftie lottery when a bunch of restricted-view seats went on sale. But if you didn’t, a Plan B in Melbourne might be Swift-themed ice skating, or in Sydney, you can always test yourself against other super fans at a TSwift trivia night

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