GENERAL RULES:

Demand PayPal Goods and Services

Pay attention to seller and the language they use.

Demand a screen recording from the chat to the tickets in Ticketmaster

(more details on the slides to come)

SELLER-SPECIFIC

RED FLAGS!

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Seller Specific Red Flags to watch for:

Nobody that is genuinely trying to sell you a ticket is going to be rude to you.

ANY rude/

pushy behavior

If the seller asks this, do not send them any money. If the tickets are real, they will tell you how many tickets they have and for which date.

"How many are you after?"

Investigate their profile!

Make sure they're a real human!

No friends or pics

or anything???

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Usually scammers have

a header that

doesn't really fit

as a header

FACEBOOK

Having no followers is a factor to consider, but not always a red flag

No tweets of their own?

only retweet the artist whose tickets they're selling?? 🚩🚩🚩🚩

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Usually, they do this to make it look like they're real fans. all scammers rt the SAME few posts from the artist.

TWITTER

RED FLAGS

TWITTER RED FLAGS

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Check for repeat posts on their profile like this!

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it's giving ✨bot✨

Sometimes they copy and paste eachothers tweets! how cute, #sharingiscaring!

RED FLAGS WHEN MESSAGING:

WATCH OUT FOR THESE!

HOW TO SPOT A SCAM

SCAMMER:

Not a proper response to my message. scammers send tons of messages at a time like this

Red flag from the slide earlier!

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If the tickets are real, they will tell you how many tickets they have and for which date.

Strange wording and random emoji usage??? 🚩🚩🚩🚩

HOW TO SPOT A SCAM

REAL PERSON!

• CONVERSATIONAL
• KIND
• GIVES A BACKSTORY WITHOUT TOO MUCH DETAIL OR EMOTION
• TALKING LIKE AN ACTUAL HUMAN

HOW TO SPOT A SCAM

WHEN GETTING PROOF:

CRITERIA:

• GO FROM YOUR DM CONVERSATION STRAIGHT TO THE TICKETS IN THE TICKETING APP!
• Some will try to go from their profile to the tickets. in this case, ask for one from the chat itself to the tickets
• Carefully examine to see if it looks edited at all.
• I've seen some that took screenshots and swiped between to pass as the app them and that's a big no.

REAL!!!!!!!

HOW TO SPOT A SCAM

WHEN GETTING PROOF:

HOW DO I KNOW??

• Choppy + unnatural transition from Ticketmaster homepage to the tickets they "have"
• Clearly edited once they tapped the tickets on the "my tickets" screen.
• iMovie level transition for sure lol
• Same for when they swipe between tickets. those are literally screenshots, not actual tickets.

FAKE!!!!!!!

HOW TO SPOT A SCAM

ALSO FAKE

Real ticket confirmation emails do not have this many words OR the name!

(see right photo for reference)

*redacted order #*

Other red flags here:

• This specific event was ticketed through Seatgeek so this cant be real.

The yellow area IS NOT on real emails. The photo on the right does not include # of seats.

REAL, for reference only

(NOT ACCEPTABLE AS PROOF