Nowadays it is very common that several people try to sneak into different venues or events through fake electronic tickets. With the extension of the use of electronic tickets, the system of entry of attendees has been greatly facilitated, as well as the possibility of obtaining information from them by the venues.
Counterfeit electronic tickets can be obtained through fraudulent websites or through ticket resale. Venues should be aware of this type of practices in order to be detected. Therefore, below we show you how to detect fake electronic tickets and make sure that all attendees entering the venue have purchased their tickets legally and also make sure not to exceed the legal capacity limit.
In recent years, the evolution of technologies has also led to the evolution of businesses. This has resulted in the implementation of a number of technological systems in virtually all of our daily activities.
This excessive use of technology has led to a much easier standard of living in many ways. However, on many occasions these facilities turn against us, turning the remedy into the disease.
A clear example of this is the digitization of tickets, a facility for many customers but which in recent years has caused many headaches for the world of entertainment in general.
Since the invention of this system, there have been many attempts to counterfeit tickets and also many victories of these fraudsters. Fortunately, there are more and more systems to regulate this type of fraud.
In this blog we will deal closely with this issue and we will show you how to know if the tickets to a concert are fake, as well as how to prevent this kind of purchases.
In many occasions the purchase of tickets of this type is not even malicious on the part of the customers.
It is not the first time that fraudulent companies take advantage of the need of customers and sell fake tickets once the artist or event has sold out.
At the moment we access to this concert is inevitably impossible, they make believe that they still have tickets in stock, taking advantage of the customer’s innocence and making them pay huge amounts of money for something that really has no validity.
The sale of fake tickets also occurs by individuals who take advantage of these massive events and the fan phenomenon of many bands to ‘resell’ these tickets.
Playing on the desperation of many buyers, these people take the opportunity to ask for huge amounts of money for tickets that have no validity whatsoever.
Precisely for this reason it is important to use as much as possible the official website of tickets where the sale is legal and above all 100% safe.
It is really complicated to detect a fake entry on your own, because as we have said before, with digitalization the progress of society is increasingly greater and therefore, likewise fraud is becoming more and more professional.
Specifically, there are applications that allow to make a practically perfect edition and almost imperceptible to the human eye that make this type of scams more and more credible.
However, there are two ways to check the veracity of these that will guarantee whether our entry is true or not:
Nowadays virtually all cell phones have the ability to read QR codes, passing our cell phone over the entry should reveal whether our entry is really true or false.
This system is a bit more expensive because we will have to call the company in charge of selling these tickets and tell them the number on the barcode. Through this method, the company will be able to inform us directly in case we have been victims of this scam.
It seems obvious, but actually the most efficient system that has 0 risk in these practices is to buy it in the official sales portals. The singer/group itself will publish the correct link where you can buy them just before the exact time when they become available.
However, it has the disadvantage of scarcity, there comes the perspicacity of each one and speed when it comes to get your own ticket.
The scarcity of tickets makes this second option very common when going to this type of event. However, making sure that they are secure payment sites so you do not get ripped off financially.
Something to keep in mind when looking for a safer type of website is to make sure that in the top left of your screen there is a padlock, right next to “https://”. This will indicate that it is a secure page when making payments or filling out forms with personal data.
Another important aspect when looking for reliability in the purchase of your tickets is the guarantee offered after the purchase. In most cases, when you buy them, they are accompanied by terms and conditions that most people do not usually read. This is important because in the case of a claim it will be necessary to know under what conditions you have made your purchase to avoid problems in case of a claim.
In any case, it is best to avoid resale pages and ads that are on the Internet because in addition to having this component of fraud are considerably more expensive than at the time of sale.
Whenever a product or a service is consumed via the Internet, you should avoid using a bank transfer. In this type of web pages it is better not to provide data of this caliber. For this type of purchases, it is best to use secure platforms such as PayPal where if the order is not received the amount of the sale is returned.
Once you have your tickets, purchased through official websites or other places, it is essential that you do not upload photos of them, something that seems a priori simple but occasionally happens. You can do it, but always crossing out in some way the identification codes to prevent anyone on the other side of the screen from falsifying them.