Singapore sees huge surge in concert ticket scams
The country's minister for home affairs reported that music fans have lost at least S$518,000 in the first half of 2023
News By Lisa Henderson | 8 August 2023
Singapore has seen a massive uptick in concert ticket scams, with reports that consumers have lost at least S$518,000 (€352,000) in the first half of 2023.
This amount is more than 50% higher than in the past five years combined, with S$84,000 lost in 2018; S$66,000 in 2019; S$9,000 in 2020; S$3,000 in 2021; S$175,000 in 2022.
These figures were reported by the minister for home affairs and law (MHA), K. Shanmugam, in response to a question by a member of parliament about the financial toll of such…
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