Raising ticket prices by 100 yuan to grab concert tickets, but being cheated out of 190,000 yuan. CCTV exposes internal channel ticket scalping scam.

date
04/08/2025
On a scorching summer day, various concerts and music festivals are being held in different places. If someone tells you they have "internal channels" or "connections with the organizers" to help you buy tickets, would you be tempted? Ms. Wang from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, wanted to attend a concert of a famous singer, but the tickets were already sold out on the official platform. She then turned to a second-hand trading platform to find resale information. However, because she believed the claim that she could buy official tickets by paying an extra 100 yuan, she ended up not only failing to purchase the tickets but also being scammed out of 190,000 yuan. Ultimately, thanks to the joint efforts of the police in Wenzhou and Nantong, Ms. Wang was able to successfully recover over 198,000 yuan.