Taylor Swift ticket scammers looking for victims

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FOX 26 Reporter Matthew Seedorff spoke with one woman who was targeted by scammers for $300 for tickets to the show this weekend.
A warning tonight for Taylor Swift fans ahead of this weekend's concerts to look out for
the scams if you're trying to buy tickets.
526's Matthew Seedorf outside NRG tonight with a warning for Swifties.
I feel so bad for people falling victim to these scams.
There's a whole lot of excitement for these concerts, but be careful buying tickets.
Good day!
Taylor Swift fans already singing in Houston.
16 North School 8 hours to get tickets!
Lining up for merchandise the day before three nights of sold out concerts.
Tickets hard to come by and expensive.
Once that we got, they're going for a lot more resale.
Forcing some to look online for deals.
I was like, hey, I want the ticket.
Do you still have it?
Liliana Macias thought she found tickets on Facebook.
She sent me a picture with the ticket.
Taken off work and ready to drive 8 hours across Texas for her 15 year old daughter's
birthday.
You're never going to think that the people's going to be bad.
After sending $300 through Cash App for one of the tickets, the seller disappeared.
It's so frustrating because I want to give it to her.
Everything, you know?
So if it's her dream, I'm going to fight for that.
How much?
So we also posted to Facebook, this time looking for scammers selling tickets to Saturday's
show and it didn't take long.
Within minutes, four people were messaging us about tickets starting at $20.
Hey, this is Matthew.
How are you?
Then we found the person who took $300 from Liliana.
I asked to speak with her about buying the same seats she offered Liliana.
Venmo, $200 each, so $400.
This time, $200 each.
It sounds like a scam.
It's too good to be true.
Only the woman's husband was free, so we talked.
The tickets that you're selling are not real.
Why are you scamming people?
No.
They're not real.
He hung up.
Messed up.
We are seeing a lot of people contacting us
about ticket scams related to the Taylor Swift concert.
Scams that can be tough to shake off.
They don't know how do you work to get the money.
A mother is still hoping to find real Taylor Swift tickets
for her daughter's birthday.
I don't care if I need to drive like eight hours
and I need to go back to work on Monday,
because it is her dream.
Officials recommend only buying tickets
from legitimate businesses online.
And I'll be honest, of all the people that messaged me today
about possible tickets, only one was
willing to speak on the phone, and none of the tickets
were real.
Reporting outside NRG, Matthew Seedorf, Fox 26 News.
