One of the four Britons say that the victim beat the victim ticket scam Involving an in-demand results and lost £ 82 Each in average, according to the research issued ahead of the official Glastonburum Festival ticket resale.
High demand and low available, fueled by “fomas” (fear of missing e) creating “perfect weather” for scammers, said Nationwide building company, which is an analysis of the nationwide building.
This is made to the warning to millions – and power millions – the music fans gear up for the second chance to secure entry to this year’s glastonie after the mass of tickets Sold in 35 minutes in November.
A resale should be some thousand and returned tickets expected to place in the next fifteenth – last year was over 18 and 21 April – and asking for a year to be too deeper than the year will be awile year, so it will be a year to recover.
During the last year or so, several high-profile at least created a cry for tickets, triggering a previous scams. Months before taylor swift’s tomorrow tour had also reached the UK shores last summer, British fans were Estimated to lose more than £ 1m After the tickets went on sale.
Oasis fans who fell off the victim to scammers in despair to secure tickets to Manchester Band’s UK reunion shows this summer Lost £ 346 between averageAccording to Lloyds Bank analysis of his data.
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Lloyds Bank Before it was more than 90% of reported cases started with fake adverts or posts in social media, and usually involve people who involve the money in the bank transfer. However, many do not report a crime, often because they are embarrassing the fault of the victim to con, or in some cases, because the amount involved was relatively small.
The research in nationwide finds that just about half (51%) from those who consider the tickets to consider the “doubts” to avoid failed to fraud. More than a fifth (22%) are “ready to pay extra due to fomas”.
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Elderly 25-34 were vulnerable to be scammed. Two in five (40%) of age group “do not knowingly to buy a fake tickets” to secure the spot, said Nationwide.
Jim Winters, Nationwide’s director of economic crime, he says, “when they offered high demands that are cheap or cheap, or even just available, fans can easily lose their own power and in their own power as in their hearts.”