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4d ago

Oasis Ticket Scams Exploit Fans, Prompting Calls for Crackdown

Over 5,000 fans lost more than £2 million to fraudulent ticket sales on Meta platforms, as the UK competition regulator investigates Ticketmaster's practices.

Avec ses 170.000 places vendues pour le Stade de France et le Vélodrome, Jul compte parmi les cibles prioritaires des revendeurs de places en France.
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Overview

  • At least 5,000 UK fans were scammed out of over £2 million while trying to purchase tickets for Oasis' highly anticipated 2025 reunion tour.
  • Fraudsters primarily targeted fans via fake ticket listings on Meta platforms, with Facebook being the most commonly exploited site.
  • Lloyds Bank reports average losses of £436 per victim, with some individuals losing as much as £1,700 to these scams.
  • The UK Competition and Markets Authority has launched a formal investigation into Ticketmaster's use of dynamic pricing and sales transparency during the ticketing process.
  • Oasis' reunion tour, their first in over 15 years, has seen extraordinary demand, with Ticketmaster selling more than 900,000 tickets despite platform outages and buyer frustrations.