Police in Toronto have arrested a girl for scamming dozens of Taylor Swift followers out of $70,000 for Eras Tour tickets they by no means obtained.
The vendor — utilizing the alias “Denise Blackhawk” on Fb Market — allegedly duped at the very least 28 Swifties into paying lots of or 1000’s of {dollars} to catch one in all Swift’s Toronto exhibits, in response to the CBC.
“When victims requested their money back, the accused alleged that the money was gone,” police mentioned Tuesday, noting a number of the faux tickets had been offered way back to 2023, when actual tickets first went on sale.
Victims had been allegedly promised their tickets can be despatched to them nearer to the precise live performance date, however these tickets by no means arrived.
The alleged scammer, whose id has not been revealed, is charged with 32 counts of fraud below $5,000 and one depend of fraud over $5,000. She additionally faces multiples counts of possession of property obtained by crime.
She’s due in court docket Jan. 10.
Canadian cops imagine there may very well be many extra victims within the suspect’s rip-off.
One alleged sufferer instructed the CBC she been contacted by practically 160 individuals who bought a complete of roughly 420 tickets from the alleged grifter.
