Authorities in Australia have issued a warning for faux pageant and live performance tickets after a lady was discovered to have conned patrons out of $10,000.
According to Daily Mail, 19-year-old Hannah Valentine pleaded responsible to 28 fraud fees in connection to a ticketing rip-off. She allegedly conned greater than 100 folks seeking pageant and live performance tickets by utilizing faux profiles on Facebook and Gumtree.
ABC revealed faux names that Valentine allegedly used through the rip-off included Natalia Sparrow, Daniella Walsh, Hannah Jane Mathews, HannahVal, Sophie-Marie Lewis and Jessica Lewis.
One of the primary occasions Valentine scammed would-be ticket patrons for was Listen Out, a multi-city music pageant organized by Post Malone and Seasons occasions that beforehand hosted performances by Skrillex, Skepta, Camelphat and Snakehips.
Senior Constable Fraser Munro informed the ABC about how Valentine scammed potential ticket patrons: "She acquired cash direct switch into her financial institution accounts … however the tickets have been both altered, or they're simply faux tickets on the whole, and different instances she did not ship the victims something in return".
Valentine is ready to seem in Perth Magistrates Court on March 18.