Beware of Concert, Sports & Theater Ticket Scams

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(PRWEB) February 12, 2005 -- The first one was offering 5 Concert Tickets to Elton John for a unbelievable price of $ 75 per ticket or $375 for all five tickets. This is an unbelievable offer given that the cheapest tickets to Elton John last night, were going for $250 per ticket.

We contacted the individual to see how we could buy 2 tickets and the response that came back was as follows

Hello sir, The price including all taxes will be $150 for 2 tickets located in section ORCHESTRA 4 row xx ,for Elton John. I must tell you that I'm with business in Europe(London, UK). I'll be staying here for another 10 months (at least), this is why I'm selling the tickets for such a cheap price, besides, I'm in a very great need of time and money. I do not arrange for local pick up. The tickets will be shipped as soon as funds are attained. Shipping will be made via UPS supersonic air same day delivery service. My phone number is: XXXXXX Ask for XXXXX

Payment
I work with Western Union. Here is everything:

I will need your full name and address so I'll make all the needed arrangements for the delivery. The shipping will be made under FedEx's guidance(overnight delivery) fully insured. Payment will be done through Western Union. Please visit http://www.westernunion.com/ to find the nearest Western Union office, or just go to your local postal office and you'll probably find a Western Union office there. With Western Union, your money is transferred immediately, and usually arrives at the receiving end in 10 minutes while other services can take days or weeks. There are no complicated procedures and you don't need a bank account or credit card. To send the money bring some identification and fill in a short, simple form. Pay for the amount of money you want to send, plus the Western Union service fee. You will be given a MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number). After you make the wire transfer just mail me the MTCN to allow me to check the payment online.

As soon as the payment verifies your tickets will be shipped and you will get the tracking number to be able to track the package for yourself. I will wait your reply in order to close this deal. Let me know what do you think This is the best I can do for you. Reply me as soon as possible with your decision Thank you

Another scam from last night
On the same basis of if its too good to be true. I found an individual who wanted to sell me two tickets to the upcoming U2 Tour for $200 total or about half of what the going market.

This is the correspondence that I got when we tried to purchase tickets from him

First Email
I am sorry but I don`t have a phone number as I have a language disability (car crash that left me with this disability and killed my wife 3 years ago)and unfortunately, I can`t speak well, so we won`t understand each other, but no problem about that as we can arrange all the details via email, thanks for understanding. Thanks.

Second Email
For the payment I prefer a MoneyGram or WesternUnion money transfers, because they are fast and easy to use. As for the shipping, I`ll either overnight the tickets to you with UPS, or you can pick them up from NY, where I live. Both ways, I'll require payment upfront. Thanks.

Third Email
I need to be sure of the deal. I need the payment today. Sorry. I am receiving a ton of e-mails from possible buyers, but I`m sticking with you for the moment. It is up to you. Thanks.

Fourth
Do you agree to my proposed methods? YES or NO? Sorry about this but other people are waiting with the money in their hands. Thanks.

Advice
Never send a wire transfer, Western Union or Money Gram to anyone on an upfront basis. By doing this you can never trace where your hard earned money went, and will most likely never receive the item you purchased.

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