My daughter fell for a Facebook ticket sales scam that should worry EVERY parent, says our man Toby Walne
Victim: Sophia Walne bought Six Nations tickets but they were not sent
It sounds like just the ticket to celebrate the end, at last, of all Covid restrictions. But sports fans desperate to attend live events rather than sit in front of the TV are being targeted by a new breed of social media scammers.
Using websites such as Facebook, the ruthless crooks are selling fake tickets to key sporting events such as rugby’s Six Nations Championship. In some cases, they are using despicable tactics to persuade buyers to hand over their cash – claiming, for example, that they are selling the tickets because of a family death or a child’s illness.
My 22-year-old daughter Sophia is one of a growing number of people who have fallen victim to such fraudsters on Facebook – described by one expert as the ‘new frontier for fraudsters’.
Taking time out from a hectic schedule in her final year of study at the University of Leeds, Sophia felt a weekend of fun in Ireland was in order.
Only after booking flights for her and a friend did she realise that the Guinness Six…
