The last two years of coronary restrictions have made many people hungry for cultural experiences. And with the relief, the American rock band The War on Drugs was able to visit Oslo earlier this spring, to Elise Andersen’s great joy. – For personal reasons, it was important for me to see them, she says. – Burn me But it looked dark. The concerts were long sold out and Andersen therefore had to resort to resellers. Some of them have scary intentions, and Andersen has painfully experienced that. – I have trusted a fellow human being, and I care about that, she says surrendered. According to the competence organization Norwegian Cultural Organizers, thousands of Norwegians are exposed to ticket fraud every quarter of a year. CONTINUING PROBLEM: Ticket fraud is not something the police have at the top of the agenda, so it is important that the industry and the public are aware of the problem, says Tone Østerdal in Norwegian Cultural Organizers. Photo: Heather Ørbeck Eliassen / NRK – Internationally, this is a big problem, but also here at home, a messy market means that many pay without letting in, says daily leader Tone Østerdal. – High season for ticket fraud – Summer is high season for concerts and festivals, and thus there are also more cases of ticket fraud. Every quarter of a year, we are contacted by people who have bought tickets that are fake or sold several times, says Thomas Iversen. He is a consumer lawyer at the Consumer Council and says that there is nothing wrong with buying tickets from private individuals, but that one must be vigilant. – It is best to buy concert and festival tickets directly from the organizer or ticket operator. Then you are guaranteed not to be scammed, he says. COMPLAINT: Report your case to the Consumer Ombudsman, says Thomas Iversen in the Consumer Council. Photo: Halvor Pritzlaff Njerve / Forbrukerrådet On the event page, Andersen posted a post in which she searched for two tickets. Luckily, she quickly received an offer in a private message. She had to pay about twice as much as the tickets were bought for. A red flag according to the consumer lawyer. – Often it is a sign that there are owls in the moss. It is in violation of the Black Stock Exchange Act to sell tickets to cultural and sports events at an excessive price, says Iversen. You can do this to avoid ticket fraud Find out who the seller is, and meet this person in person Steer away from payment solutions such as Ukash, Viago, Via-go-go and Paysafe / Paysafecard Check if the profile is fake if you are contacted via Facebook: View activity , photos, age of account, number of friends, mutual friends, and try to add the person as a friend if the profile is completely closed Do not give out personal information, account and credit card information or passwords and PIN codes If someone tries to stress you, so you have to make quick decisions about agreements and payments – cancel the contact Contact ØKOKRIM, the police or Finanstilsynet if you are unsure whether you are exposed to attempted fraud Source: Vinjerock, Økokrim, Ticketmaster Did you look for a danger signal? – Yes, but at the same time so much energy had been put into the lies that I let the doubt benefit him, says Andersen. Seems credible Ho perceives the seller as reliable. He is said to have sent a photo of his passport and was very concerned that this should not be misused. Furthermore, it would turn out that he operates under his real name. – But in retrospect, there were things I was stunned by. NRK has not succeeded in getting in touch with the person in question. Among other things, the seller is said to have asked to have the money sent to an acquaintance via Vipps as he himself did not have the app at the moment. When that was done, Andersen only got a number of excuses back. – After a couple of days, I realized that he had tricked me. I never got the tickets because they had never existed, she says. A hard lesson When she confronted him, Andersen was blocked on Facebook. He is also not available by phone. Other victims, however, she found on Facebook. – It turned out that there were several of us, and that the stories were very similar, says Andersen. BEWARE: The police are on inside the gates. Here from Malakoff Rockfestival. Photo: Alf Vidar Snæland / NRK Now several of them have reported the person to the police. They hope that the case will be prioritized due to his previous history and the many victims. Furthermore, Andersen hopes that the industry will do more to inform people about the danger of fraud and weed out more scammers. – Because at sold-out events, it is inevitable that tickets will be sold privately. She will be more observant next time, but on the way Andersen lost something more important than 1600 kroner and a concert experience. – My general trust in people has been weakened by this. It’s not fun to feel stupid and deceived.
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