M’sian Allegedly Earns More Than $10K Selling Fake Shawn Mendes Tickets

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Kelvin Fernandez
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How would it feel to get a pair of tickets to your idol’s concert on the ‘black market’ after official ticketing venues have had all their tickets sold out?

And then you found out that the tickets were fake?

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I can’t imagine how buyers to fake Shawn Mendes tickets would have felt at the very moment when they found out that they had fake tickets.

I’d be terribly upset for sure. Double whammy indeed. No getting to watch the concert and hard-earned money lost too.

The Scoop

Like any upcoming rockstar concert, when Shawn Mendes was coming to Malaysia as part of his World Tour, the Malaysian fans got all excited and quickly snapped up tickets.

Official ticketing venues were out of tickets in the blink of an eye.

So, the throngs of remaining fans who didn’t manage to get tickets took to unofficial channels in the hope of snapping up tickets.

I guess everybody knows that there will always be leeches who will buy tickets just to resell them on online marketplaces.

According to World Of Buzz, 80 Malaysians came across the Carousell Shawn Mendes ticket listings of Carousell seller ‘Chan Fun Chin’.

Of course they quickly snapped up the tickets.

However, when these ticket holders arrived at Axiata Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, where the Shawn Mendes concert was to be held, they received a rude shock.

Fake Barcodes

The barcodes on their tickets couldn’t be scanned as they were not in the system.

Chan had made over RM80,000 (~S$26,349) selling fake Shawn Mendes across several different Carousell accounts. One was puffycopuff and the other, shermainelii.

One of the victims, Darren, 21, had purchased four fake tickets amounting to a total of RM1,036 (~S$1,430).

He has made a police report about the incident.

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The scammer doesn’t seem to be very bright though as he allegedly used an IC that has the same name as the one registered with the bank account.

This means that it’ll be a lot easier for the police to track the scammer down. Hopefully, he will be brought to justice.

Another Netizen took to Twitter to expose the scammer, allegedly claiming that he or she had scammed more than 200 people. The tweet has since garnered almost 5,000 retweets.

Image: Twitter (@niknuralyaa_)

Another netizen replied to the original poster and revealed that she too was scammed by the same person.

Similarly, another netizen claims that the hoards of fans standing around and looking absolutely confused in the photo she posted on Twitter have all been scammed by the same person.

They’re also allegedly trying to purchase tickets for the concert after they realised the tickets they bought were fake.

In both cases, plenty of colourful expletives were used.

Not The First Time

This is not the first time someone has sold fake concert tickets, and it certainly won’t be the last.

The lure of a quick buck can sometimes be too good to resist.

On 18 April 2019, The Straits Times reported a story of a teenager being arrested for 11 scam cases, selling fake Ed Sheeren, Maroon 5 and Black Pink Concert Tickets.

Better Ways to Make Money

There are far better ways to make a quick buck than cheating. Try putting yourself in the shoes of the victim.

Some of the victims are not even from Malaysia. They came all the way from Indonesia to watch their idol, only to be denied entry.

Talk about sheer disappointment.

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Kelvin Fernandez
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