She transferred over $700 over PayNow to see her idol, but never received the tickets
Concert ticket scams accounted for over 1 in 10 e-commerce scams reported in the first half of 2026.
Dai Yujing, a 31-year-old Singaporean accountant, lost over $700 after transferring funds to a seller on Telegram for two F*Forever concert tickets, which she never received. She was duped by a scammer who offered the tickets through a Telegram group, despite the seller's insistence on paying for both tickets before sending them.
Despite PayNow being a seemingly secure payment method, it is not proof of legitimacy, and scammers can exploit this by pushing buyers to act quickly and pay without verification. Concert ticket scams accounted for over one in ten e-commerce scams reported in the first half of 2026, resulting in a loss of $328,000. SPF has reached out to online platforms to remove resale concert ticket listings to curb such scams.
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