Seeing your favorite band live or cheering on your favorite football club in the UEFA Champions League live in the stadium is a unique experience.

As our cooperation partner Watchlist-Internet reports, desperate Champions League fans are trying to get the last tickets in Facebook groups for sold-out events. These cards are promised to you in private messages on Facebook in exchange for a bank transfer or PayPal payment. Be careful: criminals could be behind this!

We are currently receiving reports from bitterly disappointed Champions League football fans.

The frustration is not caused by an unpleasant result, but by fraudulent ticket offers. With the match between FC Red Bull Salzburg and Liverpool FC on December 10th, another exciting match in Austria is on the Champions League schedule. Tickets for the encounter are very popular. As is usual with major events, there are corresponding Facebook event groups for this match. Ticket seekers and last-minute ticket providers can exchange ideas on the pinboard there.

The offers on the social network can be quite serious, as it happens that ticket holders become ill or are otherwise unable to attend and want to resell their tickets. However, many of the offers on social networks come from criminals who exploit the trust of football fans. They contact their victims directly via Facebook message/chat and offer them the tickets they are looking for. They require their victims to transfer the ticket price via PayPal Friends to a meaningless email address using the “Send money to friends or family” function. A direct bank transfer is also sometimes required. After that, contact usually breaks off. The Facebook profile behind it is fake - the information about the person is fictitious or stolen. Money transferred is usually lost. There are no paid tickets. Buyer protection also does not apply to this type of PayPal payment.

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The payment process

As mentioned, payment can be made via bank transfer or PayPal. A bank transfer offers you no security and any money transferred is lost. It is also noticeable that the transfers should always be made to third-party accounts that do not match the Facebook profiles. The reason for this is that your own accounts are blocked or that processing is easier due to an “international account”. Such claims are fictitious.

PayPal, on the other hand, offers buyer protection that is intended to protect against fraud. Attention: This does not apply when using the “transfer to friends or family” function! Since some consumers are not aware of this, offering PayPal payment via the mentioned function is intended to create trust. If you comply with the requests, you will lose the money you paid.

Buy tickets safely

When events are sold out, ticket sales flourish on classified advertising platforms or in social networks. It is always difficult to see whether the other person is serious and actually wants to sell you tickets.

Therefore, protect yourself from fraudulent offers by purchasing your tickets directly from the organizer or from authorized contractual partners wherever possible. If the events are sold out, pay close attention to the price. Purchasing on official fan platforms can be a sure way to get the last tickets - but find out whether the specific seller already has positive reviews and is trustworthy. If the only chance to get tickets is through social networks, wait for offers in your area and insist on a personal delivery for cash.

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Have you become a victim?

If you have transferred the money using PayPal's “Send money to friends or family” function, contact PayPal and tell the other person that you have been the victim of fraud. PayPal may be able to deactivate the fraudulent account and prevent it from being used for further criminal activity. Unfortunately, there is no buyer protection with this payment method. The following applies to bank transfers: If this has only been made recently, you can contact your own bank and request a chargeback. However, the chances of success are slim. Also, file a police report.

Source: Watchlist Internet


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