CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Jackson Township mother is frustrated and disappointed. She was scammed out of $800 for tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. She never received the tickets.
“I wanted to surprise my daughter,” said Megan Peters.
Peters tells 19 News she was excited when she learned Taylor Swift would be in concert in November in Indianapolis. It’s around the time her daughter turns 13-years-old. She went online to buy two tickets, but they were sold out.
On March 10, she saw a post on a local buy, sell, trade group on Facebook. A person was selling Taylor Swift concert tickets for $400 each. Peters says she couldn’t resist.
“I was extremely blessed I was getting the opportunity to get these tickets when they were so hard to find for that price,” said Peters.
Peters wanted to buy two tickets. She asked the seller if she could drop off the cash in person.
“She wasn’t in Jackson, that actually was a red flag, but I wanted this to be real,” said Peters.
The seller mentioned her cousin had a payment app called Venmo. The person suggested Peters could send the money using the app. However, Peters was a little worried. She begged the seller not to scam her.
“She messaged back and assured me that 100 percent it was not a scam and she will transfer the tickets when she had proof of the payment,” said Peters.
Peters sent the money using Venmo. The seller asks for $200 more to transfer the tickers in Peters’ name.
“I messaged her back and I said you had quoted me $400. I can’t afford to go any higher if that’s not going to work for you then I just want my money back,” said Peters.
The person never replied but posted the tickets in other Facebook groups.
“I see you are posting those same tickets again and if you don’t give me my money back I will contact the police and I never heard from her again,” said Peters.
Peters also learned she wasn’t talking to the woman in the profile picture. The account was hacked.
She found out she wasn’t talking to the woman in the profile picture.
“This hacker has been using this woman’s account to infiltrate her friends and make money off her, said Peters.
Peters told 19 News she will have to come up with a new plan for her daughter’s birthday. She learned a valuable to shop carefully online and don’t ignore the red flags.
“I am sick to my stomach about it. We work really hard and I know what it takes to earn $800,” said Peters.
Jackson Township Police have confirmed it is an open investigation. Peters says Venue won’t return her money because she didn’t list it as a business transaction. She is hoping her bank will help her.
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