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Fake Taylor Swift tickets cost me hundreds

Episode 35 of 40

How fraudsters are cashing in on the huge demand for concert tickets by hacking genuine social media accounts to lure in their targets.

How fraudsters are cashing in on the huge demand for concert tickets by hacking genuine social media accounts to lure in their targets – the team meets people who’ve lost hundreds of pounds and their social media accounts to scammers. Plus, how one group of fraud victims launched their own court case against the scammer who conned them for thousands, after their official reports went nowhere. And, the artisans in a desperate battle to convince some of the biggest retailers in the world to ban the copycats duping their work.

43 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAngela Rippon
PresenterGloria Hunniford
PresenterJulia Somerville
Executive ProducerRowland Stone
Series EditorChris Walker
Series ProducerLizz Martin

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Jan 202410:45