As die-hard Swifties scramble for last-minute tickets to three sold-out Dublin concerts, some desperate fans are being targetted by unscrupulous scammers across social media.
Demand for last-minute seats and resales dramatically outstrips supply. 500,000 people pre-registered for Taylor Swift's Irish gigs last year but only 150,000 fans will attend the shows in the Aviva this weekend. Prime Time set up a profile on Facebook and posted in a public group called 'Taylor Swift Buy and Sell Dublin, UK and Europe’ which has more than 50,000 members.
All had a reason for their supposed sale. One said that her father had died so she could no longer travel. Another blamed her husband for cancelling their plans. Alleged sellers insisted on payment via Paypal before transferring the tickets through the Ticketmaster app. At the time of the post, Ticketmaster had not opened the transfer option, so such a sale would have been impossible.
Amy Raymond from Bray, Co Wicklow, paid €270 to a scammer after seeing a post from a profile selling tickets on a popular, public Facebook group. "As soon as I saw the chat ended my heart sank because I knew it was a scam. You're just raging because you just feel so stupid."
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