A report by BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' programme says that ticket fraud is on the rise and the secondary ticketing sites are being utilised by the fraudsters. The BBC programme investigated claims that some fraudsters use ticket resale sits like Viagogo, Seatwave, Ticketmaster's Getmein and eBay's Stubhub to sell their non-tickets. 'You And Yours' says that sellers on the secondary sites can get their money before an event happens if they gain 'trusted status' by regularly selling genuine tickets. Fraudsters exploit the system, touting legitiate tickets for a period and then utilising their trusted status to commit a flurry of fraudulent sales and the report alleged that one such seller had sold thousands of fraudulent tickets after gaining trusted status before complaints caused him to be cut off. And while the secondary sites will provide a refund to anyone who is sold a non-ticket via their platform, that doesn't stop the buyer from having the disappointment of showing up to a gig venue and being turned away.
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