The tactics of the crooks

Swifties, watch out! Vienna ticket scam

The Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna are particularly popular with fraudsters for illegal transactions.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Andi Schiel, Peter Tomsch,Claudio Furlan/LaPresse)

From August 8 to 10, world star Taylor Swift will be performing at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Many fans are still dreaming of tickets for the sold-out shows. Fraudsters also sense their chance to sell fake concert tickets. A peak in fraud cases was recently recorded. Krone+ presents the tactics used by ticket fraudsters.

The worldwide hype surrounding the US singer is greater than ever before. In Austria, too, tickets for the three shows went over the counter at record speed. Or rather in the shopping cart. Because the majority of tickets are sold online. Exactly where most fraud occurs. When it comes to concert tickets in particular, criminals sense an opportunity to make a quick buck - your money.