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I unfortunately fell victim to a concert ticket scam. I was looking to purchase tickets for a concert tomorrow, 11/10/24. Found a seller on the Facebook website. They confirmed images of the tickets, even provided a 2nd screenshot showing apps minimized to show our convo and ticket receipt. I shared some concern about how legit the purchase would actually be, but was reassured the tickets would be transferred via Ticketmaster w resale ticket option. Did not catch onto the red flags yet. Advised apple payment ($450) would need to be provided then tickets would be sent via Ticketmaster. A!er payment was sent, they sent a screenshot from Ticketmaster saying an additional $50 would be needed to change the name on the tickets. That is when my first red flag popped up, and I googled the info via Ticketmaster and it said they would not charge a fee to transfer tickets to a new name. I asked them to send the tickets first, then I would pay the additional money needed. They then proceeded to say the $50 would need to be sent first before tickets were provided. When I asked to hop on phone call, they said they were at work until 11PM. I said I could wait, then they started to get aggressive and said they would sell to someone else. Even sent me screenshots of a convo with another buyer. They said they would send me back my money, so when I said that they could sell to the other buyer, the called me dumb and demanded I send the additional money or else I would get no tickets and they would take my money, so went into full panic mode. I immediately tried calling Apple pay to stop the transaction, who then sent me to my bank to stop the transaction - my bank then told me I would have to file a claim and to call my local police station, called the police station who then directed me to report it to this FBI website.