There has been an increase in entertainment ticket scams. For example you go online and research ticket prices for a pro football game, tickets for a Broadway show, Disneyworld, Disneyland or tickets to the Olympic Games. You find an incredible deal and you pay for your tickets. Your whole trip is planned around going to this event. Maybe you are taking the family or you are taking business clients. But your tickets never show up, you’ve been scammed.
Here are some tips on how to avoid ticket scammers.
• If they won’t tell you their address or phone number, don’t do business with them.
• Check and see if they have a permanent address.
• See if your ticket broker belongs to the National Association or Ticket Brokers and that they are bonded at www.natb.org
It is very important to check these people out before you make a purchase. If they look legitimate then pay by credit card and if there are any problems you’ll have a better chance of getting the charges reversed to get your money back. However, if they do not look legit, do not give them anything let alone your credit card information. If they are scam artists there is nothing stopping them from using you personal financial information to commit identity theft against you.
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Packer Fans Ripped Off in Ticket Scam
By Becky Freemal
With the Packers' 2004 schedule out, the phones are ringing off the hook at Packer Fan Tours, as fans of the green and gold scramble for seats.
"Our response has been quite overwhelming," says Packer Fan Tours' Dennis Garrity. "The schedule came out last Wednesday and the phones have been constant, and our Internet orders have been flowing in."
Unfortunately, this is also the time of year when ticket scams pop up. The Bureau of Consumer Protection is currently investigating several complaints from hundreds of Packer fans who paid big money for tickets...only to have those tickets never materialize.
Last season, Jim and Coleen Nall were finally supposed to be able to go to a regular-season game at Lambeau Field. Jim had looked around on several websites, finally finding a deal: four tickets for $690.