Ticket Scam Resource Center
This site's vision: a world in which ticket scams fail because consumers are too well educated to become victims.

Big concerts and major sporting events attract con artists like flies to, um, well, you know. Fans simply want a secure and fair way to acquire tickets to see events, but in their fanaticism, they often fall victim to scams that promise good seats to sold out events. The fans are frustrated when they fail to acquire tickets, only to find hundreds of tickets available from brokers and scalpers of questionable repute.

This site updated 2008-07-15.
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There are nasty people out there who want to cheat you out of your money. There are web sites that discuss the quaint art of the carnival huckster, using quaint words like scoundrel . But it's not so quaint when the same techniques are used to swindle some poor old lady out of six month's rent in a bank parking lot. (The picture of the ticket is not an example of a scam, it's just a ticket.)

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This site's mission: to educate consumers about the known types of ticket scams. This site focuses on individual ticket consumers to help them avoid transactions in which they pay money for tickets that aren't delivered or which don't give access to the expected events or services.

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Click for more info Not everything is a scam.


* eBay's list of laws restricting the resale of tickets.
* TicketLife's site about the ticketing industry and brokers.
* Paciolan's summary of ticketing trends and issues.
* Why Can't I Get Tickets?, 1999, from the New York State Attorney General's office.
* Fans Against Concert Ticket Scalping, Yahoo discussion group.
* Identity Theft Resource Center.
* Open Directory Project links to consumer advocacy and protection.
* Crimes of Persuasion, fraud site.
* If you still want a ticket at any cost, read this ehow article or this ESPN article

Event ticket scams:
Scams related to tickets for concerts, games, and other events. Click for more info More...
Ticketing Industry:
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Travel ticket scams:
Scams related to tickets for trips. Click for more info More...
Resources:
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