By David Friend The Canadian Press
Posted October 7, 2024 5:56 pm
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Consumer Matters: Taylor Swift tickets vanish from Ticketmaster account
Ticketmaster is enforcing caller rules astir however fans transportation Taylor Swift tickets amid a surge successful reported scams.
The summons income elephantine precocious updated its website to accidental summons transfers for Swift’s concerts tin lone commencement 72 hours earlier the event.
Previously, Swifties could transportation tickets betwixt Ticketmaster accounts astatine immoderate time.
Representatives for Ticketmaster confirmed the regularisation but did not respond to questions astir the crushed for the change.
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It comes aft a spike successful reported hacks to Ticketmaster accounts that person affected Swift’s Canadian fans, arsenic good arsenic summons holders for different events operated by the company.
Some customers posted connected societal media that performance tickets they purchased months agone were abruptly transferred from their Ticketmaster accounts without their authorization.
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The institution said successful a connection it is moving to “restore fans’ tickets.”
“The apical mode fans tin support themselves is mounting a beardown unsocial password for each accounts – particularly for their idiosyncratic email which is wherever we often spot information issues originate,” it wrote.
“Scammers are looking for caller cheats crossed each industry, and tickets volition ever beryllium a people due to the fact that they are valuable, truthful Ticketmaster is perpetually investing successful caller information enhancements to safeguard fans.”
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