It turns out that Xiao Li is a fan of TFboys. Recently, his idol held a concert, and Xiao Li didn't get a ticket. On July 19, Xiao Li posted on the Internet, saying that she wanted to buy tickets for the TFboys concert. Soon, some netizens said that they had tickets and could transfer them. So, Xiao Li added the other party's WeChat, and the other party asked Xiao Li to pay part of the ticket first, and then he sent the ticket to Xiao Li, and then paid the final payment after Xiao Li received the ticket. Subsequently, Xiao Li sent a 200 yuan to the other party through the WeChat red envelope, and then transferred it to the other party through the WeChat transfer 150 yuan.
Not long after, the other party sent a courier number, saying that the ticket had been sent. However, Xiao Li has never received the ticket. At that time, although he realized that he might have been cheated, Xiao Li did not call the police because of the small loss. But to listen to the idol concert, Xiao Li continued to look for "second-hand tickets" online. On July 30, another netizen claimed that he had a ticket, and Xiao Li added the other party's QQ. The other party sent a photo of the ticket, and Xiao Li scanned the QR code on the ticket to verify that it was a real ticket, so there was no doubt.
After negotiation, Xiao Li first transferred 600 yuan money to the other party, and the other party said that it would send the ticket. On August 1 day, Xiao Li didn't receive the ticket, so he contacted the other party, who said that it was sent to the wrong address and needed Xiao Li to pay the full amount to send the ticket. In a hurry to listen to the concert, Xiao Li turned to 370 yuan. Of course, he didn't receive the ticket, and on August 4, he found himself being blackmailed by the other party. At present, Xuzhou police have filed an investigation into this matter.
"Li Tongxue has encountered a more traditional' second-hand ticket' scam." The relevant person in charge of the provincial anti-communication network fraud center introduced that criminals claimed to have tickets and used the victim's mentality of being eager to buy tickets to see idols to commit fraud. Generally speaking, this kind of scam has three routines.
One is to pretend to be a "real ox" and sell it on the spot. Criminals will directly sell so-called "second-hand tickets" in the parking lot around the concert venue, and confuse consumers by leaving their phone numbers and letting ticket buyers take pictures, thus increasing their credibility. Others lied about "selling at a low price" and induced consumers to think they were "cheap" with "internal tickets" below the par price.
The second is to sell tickets as "official ticketing" and "fan club". Some lawless elements take a fancy to the super popularity of the stars and pretend to be the staff of the support club in the QQ group to cheat. Fake ticket sellers will give QQ group a special official name, such as "support club" and "official ticket selling point", claiming that they can buy tickets through official channels, but they need to remit money to personal Alipay to make a deposit. After receiving the deposit, the so-called staff escaped and the ticket was not heard from.
The third is to "clone" real tickets. Liars will clone the QR codes on multiple fake tickets through a real ticket. When the ticket buyer scans the QR code and finds that the information popped up is correct, he will buy the ticket quickly.
In response to such scams, the provincial anti-communication network fraud center reminds the general public that when purchasing tickets online, they must choose a formal and official website and buy second-hand tickets in person to verify the authenticity.
I hope everyone can raise their awareness of fraud prevention.