Friday, 7 March 2025

Avoid Eventbrite ticket scams

Eventbrite is a popular ticketing website where users can buy and sell tickets for anything from gigs to local community events. Unfortunately, a tactic known as 'event cloning' is used by scammers to sell fake tickets to seemingly genuine events.

Find out what happened to one victim who had their event cloned by scammers. And if you ever buy tickets online, here are four things you need to know in order to stay safe, including how to report fraudulent events.

Avoid buying fake tickets

Source: Which? (04 Mar 2025)

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