Taylor Swift fans in Metro Detroit fall victim to ticket scam

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Taylor Swift fans flock to nearby cities to see the star take the stage.

A group from Sterling Heights paid a lot of money to see Taylor Swift in Toronto and learned that their tickets had disappeared.

The scam is familiar to consumers on Ticketmaster and has caused much concern.

“I just started crying,” said Dominique Parham. “It was devastating and traumatizing because they were gone. They were out of my account and have been claimed by someone else, and I have seen so many horror stories of so many people not being able to get their tickets back.”

“At first I thought she was joking, and then I was very upset,” said the friend.

She’s one of the biggest stars on the planet. Taylor Swift concerts are both must-sees and costly, with some spending thousands to see the pop star in person.

“It’s insane,” said Nakia Mills of the Better Business Bureau. “We were making friendship bracelets to trade at the concert. We had our room ready and what we were going to wear.”

The tickets purchased on Ticketmaster were supposed to be in Parham’s Apple wallet, but they were gone.

Earlier this year, Ticketmaster was hacked, and just like Parham, fans with tickets saw them vanish.

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