Scam Alert on Craigslist: Section 140

[msimons1004]

Saw great seats for an unbelievable price for the Cowboys game this Sunday on craiglist. Section 140, forget which row, but they wanted $500 for all 4 seats or $250 for a pair.

Already thinking this might be a scam because it was too good to be true. I e-mailed the buyer back and forth and they wanted to go through eBay Buyer Protection which seemed odd since the tickets were bought through eBay.

I did some research on eBay Buer Protection scams and everything that was told to look for, this guy was doing. Only would use Money Orders, a reason they couldn't meet in person, a reason they couldn't use paypal, an e-mail that looked like eBay sent it although it was a regular email that sent it just on behalf of ebay.

Just want to give everyone a heads up because many, like me, are scrambling and desperate to get tickets.The name used was Stacey Locke from Fargo, ND.

P.S. Still looking for 2.

[ejay183]

Saw great seats for an unbelievable price for the Cowboys game this Sunday on craiglist. Section 140, forget which row, but they wanted $500 for all 4 seats or $250 for a pair.

Already thinking this might be a scam because it was too good to be true. I e-mailed the buyer back and forth and they wanted to go through eBay Buyer Protection which seemed odd since the tickets were bought through eBay.

I did some research on eBay Buer Protection scams and everything that was told to look for, this guy was doing. Only would use Money Orders, a reason they couldn't meet in person, a reason they couldn't use paypal, an e-mail that looked like eBay sent it although it was a regular email that sent it just on behalf of ebay.

Just want to give everyone a heads up because many, like me, are scrambling and desperate to get tickets.The name used was Stacey Locke from Fargo, ND.

P.S. Still looking for 2.

Thanks for the heads up. I knew those tickets were too good of a price.

[DButz65]

Only buy tickets from "owners" on craigslist, IF you go that rout, and NEVER pay for ANY THING with a money order, if thats how someone wants a payment, thats a red flag in itself

[skinfan2k]

yeah those usually are nigerian scams.

[redskindan07]

Probably a cowboys fan...

[sleeper4g63]

I was burned earlier this year...but thanks goodness the guy was desperate. He accepted payment through paypal. so we got our money back and charges put against him.

[Skins98Orakpo]

I encountered a similar scam from a different name.

Check out this site here for a similar scam: http://www.crackedjustice.com/scam-a...hub-be-warned/

Here are the emails I received from brendaflores009 @ gmail.com :

Content of email from "Brenda Flores"

Email One:

Thanks for your interest. The selling price of seats (4) for this event is: $700. Seats are in great position to see whole game, side-by-side. Please let me know either way, if you want them or not.
Thank you!

Email Two:


We have a deal, all 4 tix for $700. I am not home right now because my sister suffered a head trauma and she has been transferd to National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London,UK for a brain investigation, and I had to come with her to take care and watch things around until the doctors investigate and make sure she's alright. I don't mean to impose, but I was just explaining my situation.
For added security, we use StubHub Fan Protect Guarantee. It acts as a 3rd part, that means I can not access the money until you confirm that you get all the tickets. Stubhub will send you the tickets via FedEx company using FedEx overnight express delivery service (i already send the tickets to stubhub 2 days ago) Fan Protect Guarantee policy requires that the tickets must be shipped to them. More details about the method of payment and delivery of tickets, you will find in the sales contract that you'll receive from StubHub. I look forward your reply, if everything is OK with what I wrote above, so we can move to the next step.
All I want now from you is to tell me what name and address will receive the tickets, so i can inform StubHub.
Thank you!


Email Three:

The business is simple, all I need is confirmation that you want to conclude the deal and immediately afterwards I will contact StubHub notify them that we agreed on sales detail and they send you an invoice to pay. All the answers about how an exchange take place between a buyer and seller find them in that bill payment. You have to send the money on the name of an agent from StubHub.Read carefully the message from them, follow all steps as are described. Immediately after you send the money transfer you have to send all the details you are required by StubHub. They will check if the transfer is made and if everything is ok,they will overnight them to you via FedEx. After you receive your tickets, you have 24 hours available to check if they are those you have bought, then you must inform StubHub, as tickets are ok. Only then StubHub send me a copy of payment details that I could collect the money.

[josh35b]

I dealt with several of these people when trying to buy tickets from craigslist for the game in Pittsburgh earlier this year. Same thing everytime, wanted to set up a transaction through Ebay, even though it wasn't Ebay, it was a fake link and then had to use Western Union. I didn't send any money obviously. The key is to use PayPal. That way you are covered. Even if you are able to meet the person, they could still give you fake tickets or even worse, rob you. You wouldn't know they were fake until the game and then you would be out of your money. If you paid with paypal, you would be covered and would get a refund while paypal would press charges.

[Mark The Homer]

Yes, the counterfeit tix look like this in this scam.

As far as I know, any Redskins tickets that have "ticketmaster" on them like this are counterfeit tix.

Be careful when buying on craigslist and in the lot. Know what to look for.

[Skins98Orakpo]

Hey MTH,

I got some Club SRO tix for Sunday's game on CL. The guy charged $200 each and I felt confident about them since I paid PayPal for the tickets, but I just got them in the mail and they are the paper printouts.

Now I am nervous about them. Is there any way to find out if duplicate copies were printed out?

I know I am protected by PayPal, but I still fear I will not be able to get in the game?

Should I just try and go in early and be sure I am the first person to scan my ticket?

Thanks for any insight.

[sleeper4g63]

I called the ticket office and ticketmaster about mine. They told me the account number was fake and short several digits. They should be able to tell you. I only will buy hard tickets and pay paypal for mine. I would double check.

[Mark The Homer]

Hey MTH,

I got some Club SRO tix for Sunday's game on CL. The guy charged $200 each and I felt confident about them since I paid PayPal for the tickets, but I just got them in the mail and they are the paper printouts.

Now I am nervous about them. Is there any way to find out if duplicate copies were printed out?

I know I am protected by PayPal, but I still fear I will not be able to get in the game?

Should I just try and go in early and be sure I am the first person to scan my ticket?

Thanks for any insight.

If I was buying on CL, I'd meet the guy in person.

I don't like that he didn't tell you in advance that the tix were pdfs. Still - they might be good.

Going in early wouldn't hurt.

But since you are protected by paypal, you might just bring a wad of cash and if the scan doesn't work, find a scalper.

Judgment call.

[Skins98Orakpo]

I emailed ticketmaster to see if there is any way to verify the tickets are not counterfeit.

I feel somewhat okay with it because the guy used an AOL email which has his first initial and part of his last name in it, and the paypal name matched up. I googled the name from the paypal account and it matches the return address on the envelope, which the postage has the same zip code on it.

Waiting on ticketmaster's response. Will post once I get a response.

Thanks ESers.

[Skinsfan1311]

Hey MTH,

I got some Club SRO tix for Sunday's game on CL. The guy charged $200 each and I felt confident about them since I paid PayPal for the tickets, but I just got them in the mail and they are the paper printouts.

Now I am nervous about them. Is there any way to find out if duplicate copies were printed out?

I know I am protected by PayPal, but I still fear I will not be able to get in the game?

Should I just try and go in early and be sure I am the first person to scan my ticket?

Thanks for any insight.

You should be okay.

My goddaughter works for the Redskins and she gets a pair of tickets for every game and they're always PDF's with the bar code.

[Mark The Homer]

The pdf is not the problem - the ease of duplicating the pdf is the problem. Thankfully S98O used paypal...