Falling into Eason Chan's concert and cheating 24-year-old woman on the Internet to lose 230,000

Hung Hom Sports Centre Red Pavilion

Singer Eason Chan held a New Year’s Eve concert in Hong Kong in December. It was a show in Hung Hom after 9 years. Fans were eagerly waiting. The pre-sale tickets last week were sold out on the same day. It was hard to get a ticket. A woman found out on Weibo that someone had released them. She bought several concert tickets for 210,000 yuan (about 230,000 Hong Kong dollars), but the seller lost contact after the transfer.

The police received a report from a 24-year-old mainland female college student last Thursday, saying that she had seen a message on Weibo that someone claimed to sell tickets for singer Eason Chan’s concert, so she ordered the tickets from the contact person in the message and paid RMB 210,000 ( About HK$230,000) was transferred to the 8 mainland accounts provided by the other party, but after the number was passed, the other party lost contact. The female victim felt cheated and called the police for help. After preliminary investigation, the police classified the case as “obtaining property by deception” and handed it over to the Eighth Team of the Yau Tsim District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.

Call on official channels to buy tickets

The police pointed out that “youfu” posts about concert tickets often appeared on social platforms, including scalpers flying, fake flying, no flying, etc. Even if it is handed over in person, it is difficult to confirm the authenticity of the tickets, reminding the public that the safest way is to buy tickets through official channels.

The Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Police has listed the latest list of high-risk goods. The top five include hotel/camper car packages, concert/theme park tickets, electrical appliances, seafood and toy models.

Eason Chan held 18 New Year’s Eve “Fear and Dreams Concerts” in the Red Pavilion in December. About 58,000 concert tickets were sold, and they were sold out on Thursday. The organizer announced on Monday that 4 more concerts would be held in January. About 14,000 copies went on sale at 10:00 am today (13th).