The followers in United Kingdom of the American star Taylor Swift They lost more than a million dollars in scams with tickets offered on social networks and never delivered, Lloyds Bank estimated on Wednesday.
Hundreds of 'fans' of the singer Taylor Swift were scammed after sending money by bank transfer, without ever receiving an entry in return, each losing an average of 332 pounds (413 dollars), the British bank said in a statement.
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Between July 2023, tickets for the “The Eras Tour” tour begin to go on sale, Taylor Swiftand March 2024, more than 600 Lloyds customers reported being defrauded, figures that exceed “the tours of any other music artist,” Lloyds said.
From these figures, The British bank estimated that there were probably “at least 3,000 victims in the United Kingdom.” since the tickets went on sale, which would bring the money swindled to more than a million pounds ($1.24 million).
Most of the victims are between 25 and 34 years old, 90% of them were scammed through false advertisements or posts on Facebook, Lloyds reported.
Some followers of Taylor Swift They lost more than 1,000 pounds ($1,246) believing they had obtained a ticket for this tour, which has all its concerts sold out and which comes six years after the American icon's last visit to British soil.
“With all UK concerts sold out, more and more of the singer's fans are at risk of falling victim to scams in the coming weeks and months,” Lloyds predicted, warning that payment by credit card or PayPal is much safer than a transfer.
According to various estimates, this tour of the American singer Taylor Swift is on track to become the highest-grossing concert series in music history, surpassing $1 billion.
Taylor Swift's tour began on March 17, 2023 in the American city of Glendale and will end on December 8, 2024 in Vancouver, Canada.
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After more than fifty concerts in the first part of her tour in the United States, the singer tours twenty countries, for a total of 152 performances on five continents.
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