'The moment I knew we'd lost £620 trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets'
15.06.2024 - 20:03
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who was scammed out of £620 trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets has revealed the moment she knew she had been duped.
Aimee Brough had been attempting to bag tickets for the popstar’s June 23 show along with her sisters Maisy and Fleur and partner Jonathan.
The group were having no luck until Maisy found a post advertising tickets for the London concert on Facebook. The listing had been posted by a friend of her colleague.
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With the reassurance the seller wasn’t a stranger, the sisters reached out to her and asked to buy four tickets priced at £155 each. Before sending the cash, they asked to see proof the tickets were real which the seller provided.
The seller than asked the women to pay via an online banking payment link with Monzo.
Trusting the sale was legitimate, Aimee, a partnerships manager who lives in Manchester city centre, went ahead and sent the £620 in three separate links due to the bank’s payment limit.
The sisters excitedly waited for their tickets to be sent in return – but they were met with silence.
Aimee, 28, watched as the cash left her Monzo account and repeatedly refreshed her emails in the hopes the tickets would land in her inbox. After waiting some time, they reached out to the seller who told them she was busy at work and the tickets would arrive soon.
But after around 30 minutes, the sisters knew something was seriously wrong.
Following a failed attempt to call the seller, the sisters kept asking for updates until she finally replied asking for a further £200 to change the name on the tickets.
Aimee says this is the moment she knew they had been scammed. “We thought, no, it costs £3 to change