Planning on heading to a festival, sports tournament or other summer event? Don’t get caught out when trying to secure those elusive tickets, do your research and always buy from trusted vendors. 

New data released by Action Fraud reveals more than £106,000 was lost to ticket fraud by Herts residents during 2023. Stay safe and only buy tickets from the venue’s box office, official promoter or agent, or a well-known and reputable ticket site. 

Across the whole UK in 2023, more than 8,700 people reported they had been a victim ticket fraud, with a total of £6.7 million lost. This works out to an average loss of £772 per victim.

Find out more at https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news/ticketfraud.

Action Fraud suggest the following - 

How to protect yourself from ticket fraud:

Fraudsters often create fake ticket retail companies. Victims are lured in using social media or phishing emails with offers of the chance to buy tickets to a popular event, but instead give away their personal information or money, with no tickets received in return. Phishing messages often look real, but instead will either steal your information or divert to malicious websites which can infect your computer with malware.

If you feel at all suspicious, report the email to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) at report@phishing.gov.uk. 

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