Police investigate as Coldplay fans turned away in Montreal, duped by fake tickets
MONTREAL — Many Coldplay fans in Montreal hoping to catch their final show in the city Wednesday night were turned away, the victims of an apparent online fake ticket scam.
City police said Thursday they received 17 complaints at a downtown police station near the Bell Centre.
One of the duped fans said others she met who’d also been hoodwinked had similar stories: they’d seen advertisements on popular classified site Kijiji and had met a man in person for the exchange.
Eva Romano said she purchased her two tickets in April, paying a man who claimed to work for a U.S. ticket broker $100 each for two fake tickets that were valued at $40 each.