The British followers of Oasisalready outraged by the prices of tickets for the rock group’s comeback tour, are also victims of “social media scams”particularly on Facebook, Lloyds Bank reported on Tuesday.
“There has been hundreds of reports of ticket fraud since the tour was announced (at the end of August), and Oasis fans account for around 70% of all concert ticket scams” since then, the bank explains in a statement.
The brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher They announced at the end of August a comeback tour in 2025, fifteen years after their separation.
In more than 90% of cases, “scams begin with a false advertisement or publication on social networks, the vast majority on Facebook,” explained Lloyds, which has the largest network of bank branches in the United Kingdom.
Once the payment is made, “the criminals disappear” without a trace of the promised ticketsLloyds added.
Victims lost an average of 346 pounds (about $448), but the amount can reach 1,000 pounds (about $1,297) in some cases, according to the bank.
Tickets are “often sold in breach of the platforms’ own rules” and this “shows the importance of these companies taking stronger action to combat scams”, said Liz Ziegler, head of fraud prevention at Lloyds.
“We continually invest in fraud protection on our platforms and advise our community to report any scams so we can take action,” reacted Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
Investigation into Oasis ticket sales in the United Kingdom
Fans flocked on August 31 to buy tickets for the concerts, but this search turned into chaos, with endless waiting lists and failures on official purchasing sites, particularly Ticketmaster, a ticket sales giant. tickets.
The British competition authority opened a investigation against Ticketmaster for its “dynamic pricing” practicewhich caused ticket prices to skyrocket far beyond those initially shown.
Tour organizers said in late October that they would cancel tickets purchased on unofficial resale sites, potentially affecting thousands of fans.
Source: Ambito
