{"id":58663,"date":"2024-04-18T09:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T09:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=58663"},"modified":"2024-04-18T09:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T09:01:42","slug":"south-yorkshire-police-issue-warning-after-6-7-million-lost-to-ticket-fraud-in-uk-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/south-yorkshire-police-issue-warning-after-6-7-million-lost-to-ticket-fraud-in-uk-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"South Yorkshire Police issue warning after \u00a36.7 million lost to ticket fraud in UK in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, Lloyds Bank revealed scammers claiming to sell Taylor Swift tickets have led to UK fans losing over \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Yorkshire Police have shared advice from Action Fraud on how to avoid scams when purchasing tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buying tickets for a sold-out event? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Only buy tickets from the venue\u2019s box office, official promoter or agent, or a well-known ticketing website.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 Read more advice: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K1m5G3gSVm\">https:\/\/t.co\/K1m5G3gSVm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TicketFraud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TicketFraud<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fmCGAzddvg\">pic.twitter.com\/fmCGAzddvg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; South Yorkshire Police (@syptweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syptweet\/status\/1780869299457945889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Lloyds Bank revealed scammers claiming to sell Taylor Swift tickets have led to UK fans losing over \u00a31 million. 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Buying tickets for a sold-out event? \ud83e\udd14 \u2705 Only buy tickets from the venue\u2019s box office, official promoter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Yorkshire Police issue warning after \u00a36.7 million lost to ticket fraud in UK in 2023 - ShefNews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/south-yorkshire-police-issue-warning-after-6-7-million-lost-to-ticket-fraud-in-uk-in-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Yorkshire Police issue warning after \u00a36.7 million lost to ticket fraud in UK in 2023 - ShefNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday, Lloyds Bank revealed scammers claiming to sell Taylor Swift tickets have led to UK fans losing over \u00a31 million. 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