Craigslist Ticket Scalping Scam: Woman sets up sting after Hamilton $350 tickets she’d bought from Craigslist seller were fake

May 28, 2016 MLM & Affiliate Marketing News

$350 tickets she’d bought from a Craigslist seller were fake

Recently, The New York Post shared the story of Danielle Posner, who’d used Craigslist to purchase tickets to see the hit play Hamilton. She’d been excited to see this play for months, but when she got to the door, security turned her away. The tickets were counterfeit, and cost her $350.

Scammers have learned how to create convincing replicas of real tickets to popular events. These replicas can be difficult to spot, especially since they include matching logos and watermarks.

Another way scammers use tickets to trick you is by purchasing real tickets, selling them on Craigslist, and canceling them afterward. This again is something you probably won’t realize has happened until you’re denied access to the event you planned on attending.

The 29-year-old special-ed teacher insisted the cop look at the documents she brought: printouts of the Craigslist ad, the fake tickets and photos of the text conversation with the scammer.

She also told the officer she had already set up a sting to catch the killer of her Broadway dreams. Posner’s boyfriend responded to the same deceptive Craigslist ad and planned a ticket-pickup rendezvous with the fraudster that very afternoon. She needed the cops to be there.

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