Scammers make off with almost £300,000 from 299 reports of ticket fraud in NI

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Scammers make off with almost £300,000 from 299 reports of ticket fraud in NI

Police are urging people to be wary of scammers when booking tickets for concerts and other events as figures show Almost £300,000 was lost to ticket fraud last year in Northern Ireland. Data from Action Fraud shows nationally £6.7 million was lost to this type of crime. In Northern Ireland, the total reported losses came in at £291,344.36 with 299 reports made. Chair of ScamwiseNI Partnership, Chief Superintendent Gerard Pollock says not only d…