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Matt Slowiak posted in the Chicago Board Game Group on Facebook that he had 4 tickets to Taylor Swift's show in Indy on November 2nd and was selling for $500 each. I reached out to him on September 2nd, and he replied on September 17th to say they were still available. He even included a screenshot of his phone going from out conversation, into the Ticketmaster app with the tickets. I replied on September 22nd to see if they were still available, and he said yes and "Venmo or Zelle work for the payment and the tickets will be transferred to you immediately you purchase them". I asked if I could buy one for $500 and he said yes. I Venmoed the money to @Lucky_Dragon who he said was his partner, MaryJane, and the account name was MaryJane Fantanilla. I sent $500 on Thursday, October 31st. He then showed me a video recording of him inputting my information into the Ticketmaster transfer section. I didn't receive the ticket for 10 minutes and then he sent me a screenshot saying that he was unable to send just one ticket and would need to send all 4 and asked for me to send the rest of the money. I told him I would not do that. He offered to refund me, I said yes, he agreed and said he would this morning. I still had not received the money after 4 hours, he said he would check with MaryJane, and two hours later I sent a request on Venmo directly. The Venmo request was then declined, and then he blocked me on Facebook. I've reported this to Facebook and to Venmo.