As tickets sell out for the Singapore leg of K-pop boy band BTS’ Arirang tour, scam losses involving the “sale” of tickets have reached at least $11,000, prompting the police to remind members of the public to remain vigilant.
Sales for the four BTS concerts started in phases on Ticketmaster from June 3 to 5, selling out on June 5.
Meanwhile, online travel platform Klook, which began sales of its ticket bundles on June 5, sold out on June 6, according to a Facebook post by the platform.
Some 220,000 tickets have reportedly been sold for the four shows taking place on Dec 17, 19, 20 and 22 at National Stadium.
Ticket scam losses of at least $11,000
On June 2, the police issued an advisory, urging members of the public to be vigilant should they come across offers for the sale of concert tickets on messaging or social media platforms such as Telegram, Xiaohongshu, X, Carousell and Facebook.
In a follow-up advisory issued on Saturday (June 6), police said at least 14 cases of ticket sale scams for the Arirang concerts have been reported since June 1, with losses amounting to at least $11,000.
Police said most of the victims were approached through X.
In these cases, victims were instructed to pay via PayNow or by scanning a PayNow QR code. After the initial payment, the scammers would ask the victims to make additional payments for reasons like administrative fees.
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