Behind the Taylor Swift Ticket Scam!

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    Taylor Swift's Eras Tour tickets are hard to get and scammers are swooping in! In this video I take you behind the scenes of this scam and show you how devastating it can be.

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  • @salud7432
    @salud7432 Рік тому +1746

    That someone is willing to pay 10k or more for a ticket is bejond me...

    • @apexoldguy
      @apexoldguy Рік тому +167

      Yep the world is effed!
      Theres families (including me and my daughter) going to foodbanks and then there's people buying tickets for thousands...

    • @VWorldWide
      @VWorldWide Рік тому +95

      Please tell me those weren't real girls crying over tickets.tell me you just pull stock video of girls crying.

    • @ZackMuffinMan
      @ZackMuffinMan Рік тому +36

      It is insane lol. My sister missed out on the first round of tickets due to Ticketmaster's glitches but they offered people chances to get more and they got to name the price, she ended up getting two tickets for $200 each that other people were buying for $15K each.

    • @ellisgarbutt1925
      @ellisgarbutt1925 Рік тому +40

      Whatever makes them happy it's there money not yours they can spend it on what they want

    • @Jungleant310
      @Jungleant310 Рік тому +14

      I have seen it with sport events ..2 hours before it starts a guy offer 1 ticket x 4 time more than cost and he gets it..😲

  • @charlesgong4510
    @charlesgong4510 Рік тому +847

    Reselling tickets has always been a warm bed for scammers.

    • @billg7205
      @billg7205 Рік тому +15

      ...because people are dumb enough to validate scalpers. Leaving the WalMart today I saw the first panhandlers in years at the lot entrance, where they used to stand at the exit side. They're never locals and people who drive here and park in the lot somewhere, You can find these people's clan if you look. The local police started arresting and processing them, which stopped the problem. On the way out I was behind a few cars and the light was green. Well the idiot in front of me stopped, and it wasn't because the person was blocking the road out in front of them. I started going around them and then they started going. The idiots were going to validate the person and give them something, which is the worst thing you can do. I saw the religious bumper sticker on their car and thought you idiots, you're just validating this nonsense and getting it going again if you stop and give to them

    • @TheMysteryDriver
      @TheMysteryDriver Рік тому

      @@billg7205met a homeless guy on a grayhound bus once. Dude had about 20k in cash. Says he's makes about 36 or so from Thanksgiving to Xmas and just lives off of it. This was in a small town too that he was doing it in.

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 Рік тому +1

      I have teh exact same globe as in his room....

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Рік тому +3

      @@billg7205 "I saw the religious bumper sticker on their car and thought you idiots, you're just validating this nonsense"
      ==What?

    • @billg7205
      @billg7205 Рік тому

      ​@@louistournas120 Everyone else gets it including you. It's not "Christian" to be validating those people by funding them. They're just inviting those people to return and create uncomfortable and potentially worse situations for the rest of us.

  • @123RADIOactive
    @123RADIOactive Рік тому +526

    Could never understand how desperate people can get to cough up well over $1,000 for a ticket to a concert.

    • @ClassicGuy2004
      @ClassicGuy2004 Рік тому +42

      I was turned into HR at my job when i said i didnt like taylor swift

    • @dangleberries992
      @dangleberries992 Рік тому +4

      But it's Taylor Swift tickets /S

    • @The92Waffles
      @The92Waffles Рік тому +12

      Scarcity and really wanting something will make you do that. During the chip shortage people well overpaid for graphics cards for their PCs; same idea for Swift tickets.

    • @jodezod
      @jodezod Рік тому

      @@ClassicGuy2004 Bruh that's messed up. In my eyes she is no different from a regular human being.

    • @ViIgax
      @ViIgax Рік тому +23

      @@ClassicGuy2004
      She’s beyond overrated and her fangirls are NPCs.

  • @The_Keh27
    @The_Keh27 Рік тому +516

    I mean Ticketmaster themselves is a giant scam, but a legal scam

    • @SkyNick
      @SkyNick Рік тому +17

      haha. there are so many of these "legal scams" nowadays

    • @jeank5410
      @jeank5410 Рік тому +20

      At least you get a ticket after paying way too much for it.

    • @_Bugz1x_
      @_Bugz1x_ Рік тому +4

      How??

    • @SevenHunnid
      @SevenHunnid Рік тому

      I been tryna make it out the hood so on my UA-cam channel i do food reviews while I’m high cx

    • @vickihshallenberger3644
      @vickihshallenberger3644 Рік тому +5

      As far as I am aware Ticketmaster is a legitimate business. I don't think they go around scamming people even tho ticket prices are sky-high!

  • @BelleRose11000
    @BelleRose11000 Рік тому +377

    X showed a lot of honor by giving back to victims. I'm sad he got caught up in this scam. Be careful when working online. If something looks shady, it probably is.

    • @nedflanders4158
      @nedflanders4158 Рік тому +25

      "He got caught up" NO he got caught. He knew it was a scam.

    • @molamolalaaa2968
      @molamolalaaa2968 Рік тому +15

      At least he realized his mistake and stopped participating in the scam.

    • @anime_cyko
      @anime_cyko Рік тому +23

      No way he didn’t fucking know. That shit didn’t make any business sense. You’re just going to handle my money and I’ll pay you a percentage just don’t ask a lot of questions 🙄🙄

    • @clairebell876
      @clairebell876 Рік тому +2

      ITS TWITTER

    • @darthbane418
      @darthbane418 11 місяців тому

      ​@@nedflanders4158doubtful if he did he would of ignored people asking for money back and probably make a fake telegram

  • @chiefobi4341
    @chiefobi4341 Рік тому +343

    As a Nigerian, am disappointed at my brothers and sisters scamming people, yes the country is hard but we can channel this out scamming skills into something productive.

    • @oldmanballs
      @oldmanballs Рік тому +23

      Why does no ogen go kill your papa trigger your people so much?

    • @Keith03820
      @Keith03820 Рік тому +14

      True, tons of Nigeria are extremely smart an intelligent. They could help businesses or help people.

    • @chiefobi4341
      @chiefobi4341 Рік тому +43

      @@oldmanballs Ogun is god, so when we say Ogun go kill your papa, this means that the god Ogun will kill your father it’s just our own swear word 😂😂

    • @oliveryt7168
      @oliveryt7168 Рік тому

      ​@@chiefobi4341Be the change.. yeah it's hard.. I know from my own experience, not even regarding scamming...

    • @colonelvgp
      @colonelvgp Рік тому

      @@chiefobi4341 Don't call them "your brothers and sisters" mate, reject such people from your society, make them feel they are not part of your country, as they work hard to build a bad image for Nigeria. Do you think many Germans would associate themselves with Hitler ... no, as the nazis those scammers are just scum.

  • @garfieldandfriends1
    @garfieldandfriends1 Рік тому +818

    I'm still trying to wrap my head around why there's so many people being overly obsessed with a single celebrity.

    • @jameshollister8294
      @jameshollister8294 Рік тому +95

      It's pathetic.she dgaf about her fans

    • @je.suis_emilie
      @je.suis_emilie Рік тому

      she does, otherwise she wouldnt thank them, make merch @@jameshollister8294

    • @je.suis_emilie
      @je.suis_emilie Рік тому +24

      i think, for me, shes relatable, and i feel like i can relate

    • @marcdominic22
      @marcdominic22 Рік тому +65

      lol I mean you can also say the same thing to MJ during the 80s, the beatles during the 60s, and sinatra in the 40s.

    • @9wowable
      @9wowable Рік тому +20

      Stan culture.

  • @engineerpk4279
    @engineerpk4279 Рік тому +39

    🤣"Na ogun go kill your papa" Best line ever

  • @steve_beatty
    @steve_beatty Рік тому +15

    "X" sounds like he's practiced that excuse in the mirror a bunch of times...knew it was a scam but kept "innocently" laundering money...👍🏼🥴🤣🤣🤣

  • @Yelluz
    @Yelluz Рік тому +22

    Damn, people really freak out about TS huh? 🙄

  • @bogibsimmons
    @bogibsimmons Рік тому +21

    I heard people paying 10 20 grand for these tickets. I understand people love music so do I. But I would never pay a life changing amount of money for a ticket.

    • @sarahberkner
      @sarahberkner 5 місяців тому +5

      I feel like it's kind of awful that people have that kind of money and that's what they spend it on, or they're teaching their kids that that's a good use of money.
      Although it's all relative, I have more stuff than someone living in poverty might think I would need.

    • @bogibsimmons
      @bogibsimmons 5 місяців тому +1

      @@sarahberkner yeah true someone poor might not think you need something’s you have and I’m fine someone spending their money how they please I like to just like anyone else. But in saying that most of these people don’t have that kind of money I mean it’s called the one percent for a reason. These people are going into debt for a concert and most are doing it to say they went instead of actually enjoying it. It’s like people going to cochela they’re not doing it for the fun of it they’re doing it to make others jealous.

  • @YayWei320
    @YayWei320 Рік тому +71

    Props to X for really trying to get out of the shady business, that’s not terribly common these days. Also loved how you really leaned into using as many Taylor Swift lyrics as possible 😂 well done.

    • @ryuwarrior89
      @ryuwarrior89 Рік тому +7

      Yeah, I was like totally sus of him to begin with. Like so many of them just straight up lie to keep going. So refreshing to see one of the few people with a legit conscious say no to the scammers!

  • @thecatatemyhomework
    @thecatatemyhomework 3 місяці тому +5

    Someone paying $10,000 for a ticket to a concert with a 30-something year-old woman who sings songs for teenyboppers is mind-boggling.

  • @Dwaeloe
    @Dwaeloe Рік тому +124

    as a Nigerian, this is one of the funniest videos i’ve ever watched, these guys never run out of formats😂😂

    • @nostalgicumbry3279
      @nostalgicumbry3279 Рік тому +17

      There is a phrase of "There's a sucker born every minute". Scamming will always be a thing, just have to get better at the techniques (I'm not advocating for scamming but explaining why scams are still a thing), not only that as newer kids get online, and are too hard headed to listen to the adults, you can scam newer kids with older techniques (I give it 10 years before NFTs are popular again lol)

    • @Dwaeloe
      @Dwaeloe Рік тому +5

      @@nostalgicumbry3279 true!

    • @Keith03820
      @Keith03820 Рік тому +4

      As a American I know who are scammers and hacked accounts

    • @ifecojahs8151
      @ifecojahs8151 Рік тому +9

      No be small thing, Na Ogun go kill, the guy just dissappear like osuofia

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Рік тому

      @@Keith03820 "As a American I know who are scammers and hacked accounts"
      ==It is easy, you tell them to get on the webcam and you do a chat. That will tell you if it is a hacked account.

  • @ImadHadjersi
    @ImadHadjersi Рік тому +129

    While scamming is bad, imagine worshipping a person so much that you would spend hundreds or thousands of dollars just to see that said person..

    • @ViIgax
      @ViIgax Рік тому +20

      Complete NPCs.

    • @basharalbutseggs8056
      @basharalbutseggs8056 Рік тому +14

      I’d understand hundreds of dollars if the artist was actually good but Taylor swift is pop garbage. Never understand thousands.. and how an artist can even justify thinking they’re worth that much per ticket.

    • @Bobspineable
      @Bobspineable Рік тому +22

      @@basharalbutseggs8056how good someone is hard to objectively say. That’s the issue the arts. One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure.

    • @ViIgax
      @ViIgax Рік тому +1

      @@basharalbutseggs8056
      I totally agree about Taylor, she’s talentless and sounds garbage even with the autotune.

    • @MaimiZhang
      @MaimiZhang Рік тому +5

      @@basharalbutseggs8056agree. So overrated.

  • @gotgunpowder
    @gotgunpowder Рік тому +34

    I love how you knew their threat was related to a Nigerian deity.

  • @trw8777
    @trw8777 11 місяців тому +29

    Wouldn't go to taylor swift for free

    • @stepbro7876
      @stepbro7876 3 місяці тому +1

      corny ahh comment

    • @LHeyden-o6i
      @LHeyden-o6i 2 місяці тому +3

      You couldn’t pay me to go! Lol

    • @The_Don_
      @The_Don_ 20 днів тому

      Based

  • @ijac
    @ijac Рік тому +134

    I wouldn't pay a dime for any of these performers or any over priced sports tickets!

    • @abd-animation-22
      @abd-animation-22 Рік тому +14

      The evil part of me is glad that they got scammed
      Seriously 500 dollars !!!! For a ticket
      Yeah you don't deserve that money because you are not responsible adult

    • @snow3pea
      @snow3pea Рік тому +5

      i mean, it is definitely an experience. i agree with you though, spending a crap load of money to attend a show is quite overboard

    • @GlobalistJuice
      @GlobalistJuice Рік тому +4

      The consumer used to hold all the power for the price of goods/services - "The Power of the Purse", and then we lost that most awesome power when the well-to-do guy next door said he'd pay any price, even the most ridiculous price, and the seller never regarded the consumer as in control ever again.

    • @joetoney184
      @joetoney184 Рік тому +1

      Taylor swift is the real scammer. Just to a local show who isn’t a multi billionaire piece of shit.

    • @AnDr3w066
      @AnDr3w066 Рік тому

      @@abd-animation-22your morals are lacking heavily. Get help

  • @cheesemanthe2nd
    @cheesemanthe2nd Рік тому +14

    This is when having the majority of your favorite musicians being dead comes in handy

    • @bryan__m
      @bryan__m 5 місяців тому +4

      I wouldn't even pay 4-5 figures to see them on their "I've been brought back from the dead" tour.

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Рік тому +45

    Reselling tickets for such high price should be illegal, its a mess

    • @stigmaoftherose
      @stigmaoftherose Рік тому +5

      The only way to ever stop ticket scalping is to sell the tickets themselves at these ridiculous prices. It's impossible to stop scalping unless they take your ID at check out and compare that ID to the person entering the venue or something ridiculous like that.

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors Рік тому

      if we all had an implant i our necks , this wouldnt happen
      shes doing a world tour how can they be so hard tp get wheh the 1st thing people do is try to sell them ?

    • @AnDr3w066
      @AnDr3w066 Рік тому +1

      You own the ticket you set the price. They set them high because people pay it.

    • @th0master
      @th0master Рік тому

      @@stigmaoftherose personalized/named tickets, at checkout you fill in your legal name, this name will be on the ticket. Easiest way to stop this mess. But Ticketmaster of course makes big money of reselling (Resale)… what business wouldn’t sell the same product twice…

    • @markarca6360
      @markarca6360 Рік тому

      ​@@stigmaoftheroseThese ticket sellers take your proof of identification, as well as payment information (credit card/debit cards) as you register with them.

  • @YasuharuNakatsu
    @YasuharuNakatsu Рік тому +72

    You’re a good man. We need more people like you to help innocent people on the internet.

    • @ratbastard3101
      @ratbastard3101 Рік тому +2

      PG should join the X-Men.

    • @harshnemesis
      @harshnemesis 11 місяців тому +1

      Sadly on his new video he started promoting a scam on his latest video for quick buck.

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому

      @@harshnemesis Who?? X?

    • @afriend6286
      @afriend6286 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@harshnemesisuh no he didnt

    • @harshnemesis
      @harshnemesis 11 місяців тому +1

      @@afriend6286 Watch the very next video uploaded after this. He is promoting the mystery box undelivered mail scam for quick buck. Doesn't even reveal he is sponsored(we know he is). There's no such thing as easy money.
      Edit: He deleted that video, due to all the negative feedback he received... let's see what happens next.. will he adress his wrong doing and apologize, or will he pretend nothing ever happened.

  • @th0master
    @th0master Рік тому +56

    All this mess could be easily fixed, with personalized/named tickets, at checkout you fill in your legal name, this name will be on the ticket. Easiest way to stop this mess.
    Ticketmaster even already has personalized tickets! But artists have to want it too…

    • @athenatanyimin4035
      @athenatanyimin4035 Рік тому +9

      Yeah, after all this I don't think very much of Taylor Swift anymore.

    • @CricketEngland
      @CricketEngland Рік тому +1

      @@athenatanyimin4035you would have to pay me to listen to crappy music like this

    • @dannydaw59
      @dannydaw59 Рік тому +4

      That's how the Statue Of Liberty tickets go. To go to the crown you have to buy tickets months in advance and you have to put your name on the ticket when buying them so that scalpers can't just sell them to anyone.

    • @anuvette
      @anuvette Рік тому +1

      Idk I'd rather not have to show my id to buy a concert ticket

    • @th0master
      @th0master Рік тому +3

      ⁠@@anuvette you clearly misread or misunderstood. You don’t have to show your id at purchase, or submit it to some website.
      You only show it at the entrance to the human checking your ticket. To see if the name matches.

  • @SupportDesk101
    @SupportDesk101 Рік тому +35

    I call out scammers on FB all the time…but it’s like whack-a-mole!

  • @ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653
    @ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653 Рік тому +18

    It’s so sad that there are so many dishonest people who take advantage of people and that so many honest people aren’t trusted and get really offended if you ask for proof of their honesty

    • @ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653
      @ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653 Рік тому +1

      @@PennyWise-eu9nz
      I wouldn’t be able to sleep if I took advantage of people like that but as my Grandmother would say
      God Bless You Child as she firmly believed that everyone is a child of God

    • @catacocamping874
      @catacocamping874 17 днів тому

      Well people simp thats what happens

  • @teamcori
    @teamcori Рік тому +18

    This video came at a convenient time because my friend recently bought Taylor Swift tickets off a X user and I always thought it was a scam.

  • @derwingt3785
    @derwingt3785 Рік тому +69

    Your videos are so amazing, eye opening. Not everyone knows what goes on behind scenes and you do a great job showing them. This is a perfect balance of educational and entertainment content!

    • @michellefernandez3155
      @michellefernandez3155 Рік тому

      This only shows how FB is a trash platform. They allow these scams to happen but ban people left and right if they try to report felonies. META is a dying company.

  • @719LifeStyle
    @719LifeStyle Рік тому +10

    I'm not sure rich kids over paying for tickets is a scam

    • @skyboy4341
      @skyboy4341 Рік тому +3

      That's just natural selection

    • @AM-mv6ro
      @AM-mv6ro Рік тому

      cry that you're broke and people can afford more expensive things unlike YOU!

    • @FederalBurroOfInvestigation
      @FederalBurroOfInvestigation Рік тому

      If I killed someone who murdered someone else a few weeks ago, it would still be murder. Why? Who the victim is doesn't make it better.

  • @SheikahSoulFamily
    @SheikahSoulFamily 6 місяців тому +5

    Something similar to this happened to me in 2018, except at first, I was accepting payments for tarot and astrological readings for a reader overseas, then it turned into accepting payments for building materials. I eventually started getting messages demanding their money back and I found out that he was doing a rental scam and having the potential renters send the money to me. I immediately refunded their money and blocked the scammer. Then I closed my bank account and opened a new one.

  • @brenolad
    @brenolad Рік тому +9

    I remember when I was a kid you'd go to a concert for $20. Now it's $20K?? I feel so bad for these kids.

    • @karicewillis
      @karicewillis 11 місяців тому

      I have a Fictional Band called Cake 😢 Cream and Cake Cream tickets are $25. 😏

    • @sarahberkner
      @sarahberkner 5 місяців тому

      I feel bad for kids whose parents will spend that kind of money for them, they're going to be surprised when things are no longer handed to them on a silver platter and they don't know how to manage your finances (I'm 28 lol but I wasn't spoiled rotten).
      Before Covid I went to a free concert and a Christmas concert for $70, both by well-known Christian groups, and also worked security at several concerts so I got to enjoy the music for free. And then Wicked (the traveling broadway show) 2 years ago was about $80. So not $20, but much closer to that than $10,000.

  • @melissamcclain34
    @melissamcclain34 Рік тому +10

    These ticket prices are a scam themselves 😂 Thanks for all you do Pleasant Green!!!

  • @martinrowland2593
    @martinrowland2593 Рік тому +12

    If facebook took responsibility and helped people to quickly reclaim there accounts most of these scams would be short lived
    Facebook are a greedy self interested company. If you provide a product take responsibility

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому +1

      True. Their system is real bad. I have reported stolen Facebook accounts of people I have known through Facebook for different companies in my Province, and Facebook does nothing but look at the hacked profile page and say it looks fine, and they see nothing against TOS. It is ridiculous, and Facebook has become a very well known haven for scammers. It takes them a VERY long time to get caught, and by then the scammer can convince a victim to go off of Facebook and talk via mobile app or text or Google Chat. It is all very common. I remember the first Facebook account I reported was pretending to be the USA Government offering government grants during the 2020-2021 years, and the photo and name was taken from the FBI website from the contacts page. Reporting the page did nothing, so as a Canadian I actually found myself having to contact the USA FBI, which was crazy. Facebook just does not seem to care. They just are only interested in how much money they get from ads on their platform. What they say and do are two different things.

    • @Jac0b22
      @Jac0b22 11 місяців тому

      Fb isn’t perfect, but your energy should be towards tickmaster WAY more than fb. They’re halfway scamming themselves with legal loopholes

    • @patrik421
      @patrik421 10 місяців тому

      You and your data are the product. The customers are ad buyers...

  • @BrokenHeart000
    @BrokenHeart000 Рік тому +10

    Spønsør starts at 7:08 and ends at 8:11

    • @thisperson5294
      @thisperson5294 Рік тому

      I pay for UA-cam premium so I don't see why I should sit through any ads.

    • @eiv-gaming
      @eiv-gaming Рік тому

      Sponsorblock my friend :D

    • @BrokenHeart000
      @BrokenHeart000 Рік тому

      @@thisperson5294 Ads and Sponsors are different

    • @BrokenHeart000
      @BrokenHeart000 Рік тому

      Just a small disclaimer. I don't hate or disagree with Sponsors or ads I just want to give more options to go to the sponsor or Skip pass it

    • @TestGearJunkie.
      @TestGearJunkie. 11 місяців тому

      @@thisperson5294 I just use an adblocker. Oh dear that'll get me kicked off. Like I care, YT comments are getting more banal every day.

  • @GreenAppelPie
    @GreenAppelPie Рік тому +39

    Even the legit tickets are a scam

    • @victory6924
      @victory6924 Рік тому +4

      Exactly!

    • @megameerkat2634
      @megameerkat2634 11 місяців тому +2

      Better off seeing the movie recap I think. If you're into that kind of thing.

  • @GlobalistJuice
    @GlobalistJuice Рік тому +68

    And to think in the 70's (and maybe even through the early 80's), we paid a price of $3.50-$6 for concert tickets. 🤣

    • @time2132
      @time2132 Рік тому +12

      Equvelant to 20-33$ in todays money. And that may have just been for normal concerts, not one of the most famous people.

    • @time2132
      @time2132 Рік тому +1

      And also less people on the Earth and people had less time to spend on concerts

    • @CatswithGuns1
      @CatswithGuns1 Рік тому +5

      @@time2132lol yes If there were less people on the planet there would be less people wanting Taylor Swift tickets. 😂 funny observation.. 😅

    • @rocket69218
      @rocket69218 Рік тому +2

      Honestly, I was paying around £5-£10 through the 90's too. I don't know how anyone can even afford these prices. I paid £80 to see Rush on their last UK tour and I thought that was insane.

    • @billg7205
      @billg7205 Рік тому +2

      ​@@time2132 Not entirely true nor a valid comparison. Wasn't uncommon before the industrial crash for people in the 70s without college degrees to make 30k+ working in industrial facilities. If you can get a job like that today, it will likely be more specialized and skilled, and likely not pay much more. The middle class has been being destroyed ever since then

  • @Kaylor_Ryan
    @Kaylor_Ryan Рік тому +4

    I wouldn't pay a dime to see a witch

  • @kj25
    @kj25 Рік тому +7

    "There is no such thing as fast money. Fast money comes with consequences. Always." - X

  • @markarca6360
    @markarca6360 Рік тому +24

    Blame the bots and scalpers who use these bots. Ticketmaster and other companies who sell tickets to concerts should up their game against these bots and scalpers.

    • @TheCatherineCC
      @TheCatherineCC Рік тому +2

      Ticketmaster has been caught telling their select resellers to use bots. It's all built into the system.

  • @Eomma2023
    @Eomma2023 Рік тому +6

    I play with these Facebook Scammers all the time. They dont like me.

  • @sp3lllz
    @sp3lllz Рік тому +24

    In my opinion ticket master is still to blame for this. They royaly screwed up the initial sale and all of this could have been prevented with a staggered sale and linking rhe tickets to your identity like big music festivals do which almost entirely removes the 2nd hand market of these ticket touts and scammers

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому

      Very true

  • @julietteoscaralphanovember2223

    When i went to concerts, they cost $12-$16!! I'm sorry, but people are crazy to spend so much money on any singer!!
    But I'm not a Taylor Swift fan and I really don't get all the hype.

  • @QueeniesKillaCrafts-by4dz
    @QueeniesKillaCrafts-by4dz Рік тому +35

    I love that X refunded the money, he's a good guy 😊

  • @Illuminationsfromtheattic
    @Illuminationsfromtheattic Рік тому +3

    Scammers suck, but I also don't have a ton of sympathy for people paying thousands for tickets to a pop concert.

    • @AnDr3w066
      @AnDr3w066 Рік тому

      Then your morals are broken and you need help

    • @Illuminationsfromtheattic
      @Illuminationsfromtheattic Рік тому

      @AnDr3w066 Scalpers and scammers only exist because people pay thousands for tickets. This whole situation would not have occurred if people were more financially responsible.
      This is not to excuse low-lifes who scam and scalp, but if we show just a little restraint in our purchasing decisions we can very quickly stop that entire shady industry.

  • @TheBashfulScambaiter
    @TheBashfulScambaiter Рік тому +38

    Another terrific video showing more of how scammers operate & manipulate their mules & victims. Loved your editing to include Taylor's music clips! Thanks Ben 💜

  • @omnitravis
    @omnitravis Рік тому +2

    kinda silly, all the actual problems, and congress talked about ticket master and taylor swift.. wtf man.

  • @24slipknot
    @24slipknot Рік тому +32

    The real crime here is the phenomenon of mass people willing to pay over $1000 for a concert ticket.

    • @marknalberta
      @marknalberta 11 місяців тому +2

      Rich kids addicted to dopamine.

    • @zcnaipowered7407
      @zcnaipowered7407 Місяць тому

      If your super rich $1000 is a drop in the bucket

  • @LilyOgini
    @LilyOgini Рік тому +4

    😂😂😂😂😂😂. The way you read that Nigerian pigin got me rolling on the floor.😂😂Lol . I am a Nigerian and in my country Nigeria 🇳🇬, we do not support fraud.

  • @jamesmuldoon3188
    @jamesmuldoon3188 Рік тому +23

    Thanks you are great helping people aware of scams !

  • @DREWTampa1
    @DREWTampa1 Рік тому +6

    OK Ben, you went crazy with the puns in this one

  • @novelezra
    @novelezra Рік тому +18

    Anyone who sees Taylor Swift live is scammed in general

  • @hulk_rogan
    @hulk_rogan Рік тому +2

    Taylor Swift sells sooooo much for such mid music

  • @SupraBlack-dp4zz
    @SupraBlack-dp4zz Рік тому +9

    Lol, the girl who is crying "waiting in line" at her house was hilarious. I remember going to the mall and spending the night in a car, waiting in line while it rained, for over a day sometimes. I have no pity for these people. Sorry.

    • @AnDr3w066
      @AnDr3w066 Рік тому +4

      Then your morals need work. Broken

    • @theultimatereductionist7592
      @theultimatereductionist7592 Рік тому

      And I have no sympathy for stores like Target and Walmart getting stolen from by ALLEGED "thieves" in Portland Oregon or San Francisco because animals in factory farms suffer INFINITE WORSE torture.
      The choice is between these girls waiting in line for hours and being scammed/ not getting the tickets they sacrificed for versus girls waiting in line for hours and getting the tickets. THAT is the choice, dumbass.

    • @SupraBlack-dp4zz
      @SupraBlack-dp4zz Рік тому

      ​@@AnDr3w066 Lol, ok.....

    • @AnDr3w066
      @AnDr3w066 Рік тому

      @@SupraBlack-dp4zz lol defending scammers. Broken morals

  • @quadrupledamage
    @quadrupledamage Рік тому +8

    Pleasant Green being a Taylor Swift fan is something I should've expected, but did not.

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому

      Could have been someone close to him that is a fan?

  • @cupcakeordeath
    @cupcakeordeath Рік тому +15

    “We had to work for all this money that we didn’t get anything for!”
    Tell me you’ve never paid rent without telling me you’ve never paid rent.

    • @sarahberkner
      @sarahberkner 5 місяців тому

      Yeah, her being annoyed at the idea of having to work for the money, as if that's not something everyone does, bothered me. But I feel like with rent I'm getting to live in an apartment for the money, so I'm getting something for it.

  • @josiebobos
    @josiebobos Рік тому +1

    Claim your here in the first hour ticket here and yes I liked my own comment

    • @karicewillis
      @karicewillis 11 місяців тому

      I liked your comment too to help you out. 😏

  • @visekual6248
    @visekual6248 Рік тому +5

    But where did all this hype for Taylor Swift come from, I hadn't heard her name in years, then 2023 arrives and suddenly all women are obsessed with her.

    • @thisperson5294
      @thisperson5294 Рік тому +2

      Not all of us. She just seems ordinary to me.

    • @TestGearJunkie.
      @TestGearJunkie. 11 місяців тому

      I'm a woman and I'm not obsessed with her. I am obsessed with my wife though, she's more gorgeous than any so-called celebrity 🥰

  • @winged500
    @winged500 Рік тому +22

    Scammers are never harmless.

    • @sarahberkner
      @sarahberkner 5 місяців тому +1

      I'm scambaiting someone right now, they're harmless to me. It's a romance scam that I have 0% chance of falling for and I'm not going to send them any money obviously.

  • @michelew4078
    @michelew4078 Рік тому +19

    Zelle is VERY clear on the app and their website that your must NOT use their service to buy and sell with strangers. They practically scream it at you

    • @TheCatherineCC
      @TheCatherineCC Рік тому +2

      And they don't have a financial motive for allowing fraud over their platform unlike Venmo.

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому +2

      Western Union also warns about sending money overseas to people you have never met in person, but people still send scammers money.

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 9 місяців тому

      Maybe not these ticket scams, but if you’re dumb enough to fall for all the other ridiculous scams then you’ll ignore those warnings if the scammer tells you to!

  • @olliesmith8174
    @olliesmith8174 Рік тому +19

    My favorite part of this video was seeing grown women crying when they didn't get tickets

  • @dimitri7615
    @dimitri7615 Рік тому +29

    How can you make Taylor Swift content tickets even more of a scam?

    • @mcfcguvnors
      @mcfcguvnors Рік тому +1

      No shorttage its a world tour how dim are people ?
      if there were 70 locations & she did 3 shows per location
      once they are sold = no reselling it must be given back if you cannot attend

    • @kasziel
      @kasziel Рік тому

      @dimitri7615 If you don’t like her (not a fan myself) doesn’t mean it’s a scam

  • @dscardbreak8078
    @dscardbreak8078 Рік тому +2

    If you're trying to buy taylor swift tickets you should already be embarrassed.

  • @e-rod1596
    @e-rod1596 Рік тому +19

    10K for a ticket?? Now I don't feel so bad that I have paid $1500 for 4 front row tickets for the Kiss Farewell tour in 2001.

    • @cristianm6706
      @cristianm6706 Рік тому +8

      That’s basically the same shit with price/dollar amount being adjusted to current rates

    • @nostalgicumbry3279
      @nostalgicumbry3279 Рік тому +2

      I mean, at least Kiss actually good music lol (Despite you being scammed in thinking it was a farewell tour when they've gone on tour many times after lol)

    • @e-rod1596
      @e-rod1596 Рік тому +1

      @@nostalgicumbry3279 hahaha yes you are right. But at least I got to say goodbye to the original members on that tour. The other farewell tours after that are just filled with scabs. 😄

    • @e-rod1596
      @e-rod1596 Рік тому

      @@cristianm6706 Yes, 1500 dollars in those days was a lot of money for concert tickets. Nowadays, it's just the regular price for 4 good tickets 😆

    • @genki2genki
      @genki2genki 11 місяців тому

      Kiss have been scamming people for decades. I paid $7.50 to see them in 1977. I was 13 and realized I'd been had.

  • @klimke22
    @klimke22 Рік тому +5

    If your that hurting that you are so desperate for a ticket to any musical/comedy show that youd get tickets from somewhere that even remotely could be a scam, you need help. They arent your friends they dont care about you just wait until the next show you beat scalpers to tickets and go

  • @Jaggededge112
    @Jaggededge112 Рік тому +24

    I’m proud of “X” great job! ❤ it took a lot of courage.

  • @johnsmith-fz5pz
    @johnsmith-fz5pz Рік тому +2

    why would you? for a couple hundred you can get a metalica ticket.
    damn. get these girls into a metalica concert. or simple plan or something cool like that

  • @bartobruintjes7056
    @bartobruintjes7056 Рік тому +4

    Taylor Swift? The woman with the bad music and can't sing?

  • @mistdyna
    @mistdyna Рік тому +1

    I am happy to say I know almost nothing about Taylor Swift. I know her song about a goat, but that is it.

  • @MsNoPixel
    @MsNoPixel Рік тому +9

    I got scammed with baseball tickets before, the tickets were to a Phillies game, one of the semi finals games before the World Cup. I was 21 when this took place, I bought the tickets online from a guy, I met him to pick up the tickets, I got to the gate to go in & one of the tickets had been canceled, apparently he sold them to me then printed out new copies & used them to get in himself (at the time I didn’t know this was something you could do), I showed all proof to the stadium, they let my mom in free for her birthday as they felt bad, then when we got to our seats the staff had me identify the guy & they kicked both him & his friend out with no re-entry, even if they were to buy other tickets. All in all I appreciated what the stadium did for us but it still put a damper on her birthday. I will NEVER buy tickets for anything from an individual ever again.

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому +1

      Glad the Stadium did the right thing.

  • @cosmefulanito5933
    @cosmefulanito5933 Рік тому +4

    You should make a video about VPN company scams. Like the ones you sometimes use as sponsors.

  • @cajakit
    @cajakit Рік тому +3

    The amount of people who are putting the attention on the victims here in the comments is embarassing. No one deserves to be scammed, whether it's old people losing their savings or teenage girls spending their own cash to see a concert. Whether you approve or not the way they spend their money is absolutely irrelevant in this situation.

  • @ryan1982o
    @ryan1982o 6 місяців тому +3

    Much credit to X. Takes a lot to realize you are in that position, and then to do something if anything about it. Respect.

  • @tim_sessions
    @tim_sessions Рік тому +7

    I love the interviews.

  • @Defaultnoobisme
    @Defaultnoobisme Рік тому +6

    These puns are insane lmao

  • @lesley4085
    @lesley4085 Рік тому +15

    I think Taylor Swift missed a real opportunity to protect her fans here by not taking advantage of the programme offered by Ticketmaster that prevented sellers from reselling the tickets higher than face value.

    • @dannydaw59
      @dannydaw59 Рік тому +2

      From what I understand the performer gets blocks of tickets for free to give out or sell and many music artists sell to the brokers to get even more $$. They're in on the act. I'm not sure if Swift does it she's so crazy rich to begin with.

    • @zimfan101
      @zimfan101 9 місяців тому

      You think Taylor Swift cares about her fans?

    • @lesley4085
      @lesley4085 9 місяців тому

      @@zimfan101 whether she does or not, she’s a businesswoman, it’s good PR 🤷‍♀️

    • @zimfan101
      @zimfan101 9 місяців тому

      Do you honestly think that she is concerned about PR?!? All she has to do is post about her new boyfriend or recent breakup and millions of mindless girls, of all ages, with be throwing money at her. What does she care about what Ticketmaster does!

    • @lesley4085
      @lesley4085 9 місяців тому

      @@zimfan101 Just my humble opinion mister, calm down, jeez 🙄

  • @kotexconnection3804
    @kotexconnection3804 Рік тому +1

    Not sure why people go crazy over celeb's or use crackbook

  • @salociNlive
    @salociNlive 11 місяців тому +1

    Hey could u make a video about blackmailing scams, i got scammed on wizz and would like for other peopke not to fall for it

    • @kryptic8640
      @kryptic8640 11 місяців тому

      sorry bro was prob me 🤪

    • @fireway339
      @fireway339 10 місяців тому

      ​@AaaBbb.6Do they sell deez nuts there in Nigeria?

  • @BIGTRUCK7.3
    @BIGTRUCK7.3 Рік тому +34

    It really is crazy the amount of money people will spend just to go see someone live 😂😂

    • @lokelaufeyson9931
      @lokelaufeyson9931 Рік тому +2

      i sell tickets so you can see me in person on stage, i will say hi to you all and give everyone a cold coca cola as a gift. One ticket cost 100$ and you can buy 2 for 95$ each

    • @NotImportantgoogle
      @NotImportantgoogle Рік тому +2

      @@lokelaufeyson9931this sounds more reasonable than spending thousands on a ticket ☠️

  • @ShouldiBuyABoat
    @ShouldiBuyABoat Рік тому +3

    could make a series on the taylor swift scammers , shes hot af right now

  • @Wil_Liam1
    @Wil_Liam1 Рік тому +5

    Artist?? Nahh,just another singer..

  • @ethanhu2401
    @ethanhu2401 Рік тому +4

    The amount of puns used in this vid is crazy...

  • @ThatLostGamer
    @ThatLostGamer Рік тому +5

    I love being a member. Getting early access to your videos is the best!
    highly recommend for everyone.

    • @PleasantGreen
      @PleasantGreen  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for being here!

    • @tomsmith8515
      @tomsmith8515 5 місяців тому

      @@PleasantGreen please do a video about discord?
      Justanothergamer did video where he responded to link saying he had upset terms of service and such

  • @programmingwithdave4881
    @programmingwithdave4881 Рік тому +1

    Who else recognised that nigerian pidgin English immediately at the beginning 😅 like whaaat

  • @BigKevin1194
    @BigKevin1194 Рік тому +24

    Oh how low these scammers would go to just to scam innocent people!!!!

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому

      Ya they are not just some kiddy scammers in their mother's basement. The scammers are hired by scamming groups and it is big business.

    • @BigKevin1194
      @BigKevin1194 11 місяців тому

      @@kabo0m Most of these scammers are overseas like Nigeria or anywhere around West Africa. I know it's not one of those neckbeards, there usually spend all day in their mother's basement watching hentai, anime or their hyperfixated on fake gay pro wrestling!!!!!

  • @someguy13
    @someguy13 11 місяців тому +4

    Respectfully, these fans need to look in the mirror and say: “Why do I care so much about Taylor Swift that it’s worth crying over?”

    • @zcnaipowered7407
      @zcnaipowered7407 Місяць тому

      Every one has people they're fans of. Also if you earn $100 k or $200 k spending a thousand on a ticket is reasonable. Plus you get to meet fellow fans.

  • @markriley24
    @markriley24 Рік тому +2

    I don’t get the rabid fascination with her. I wouldn’t walk across the street to see her. At least I’m safe from this scam. Lol

  • @Nullifys
    @Nullifys Рік тому +1

    Do indeed crypto scams

  • @vickihshallenberger3644
    @vickihshallenberger3644 Рік тому +7

    😂😂 glad I'm not a Swifty. Wouldn't pay $10,000 for a tix! LOL I don't even have that much money!

    • @TestGearJunkie.
      @TestGearJunkie. 11 місяців тому

      I did, but I bought a car instead. Much more useful.

  • @NateTmi
    @NateTmi Рік тому +4

    there are so many people in the world that there is most-likely someone that has fallen for each type of scam out there

  • @rosedavila3547
    @rosedavila3547 Рік тому +3

    I wish the government would protect the elderly

  • @Salmakia77
    @Salmakia77 Рік тому +15

    These scams are popping up basically every time you mention “tickets” on social media. For any musician really, but with the Taylor Swift tickets mess they have found gold, unfortunately 😢

    • @wtos9153
      @wtos9153 11 місяців тому

      tickets

  • @synthwavesoundscape1893
    @synthwavesoundscape1893 11 місяців тому +3

    Jesus. Taylor Swift isnt even that good

  • @spaniardinthephilippines
    @spaniardinthephilippines Рік тому +1

    You can watch the concert at your local AMC Theater.. 🎉 OCTOBER 13 🎉

  • @Irisarc1
    @Irisarc1 11 місяців тому +3

    Good work, Ben. But the puns...😑
    I usually respect the wit exemplified by a good play on words, but I just dislike TS so much that I found these low-hanging song title puns extra awful. It's okay though. Not everything is created with me as the intended audience.

    • @themindofjonathan3686
      @themindofjonathan3686 11 місяців тому

      I was going to respond, legitimizing your comment with a pun, but I dont have the energy for it.

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti 7 місяців тому

      Plus, too much focus on Taylor Swift obscures the fact that people try to scam for any big name artist.

  • @notmarcus17
    @notmarcus17 Рік тому +3

    13:54 the most iconic sound effect on the Pleasant Green channel

  • @agentbood
    @agentbood Рік тому +3

    the TS buns had me in tears. They didn't drop on my guitar though 🎸🎸

  • @sjmaguirepdx
    @sjmaguirepdx 10 місяців тому +1

    Companies like Ticketmaster have what should be considered an illegal monopoly. Virtually no artist can have a concert without them so they hold all the power. That said, Ticketmaster could easily shut down this sort of thing by making the tickets non-transferable. When you purchase a ticket you need to give your name and address. It's only one more step to require you submit names of all the people you are buying tickets for. Those names are then printed on the tickets and identification needs to be shown at the venue in order to use the tickets. This shuts down scammer AND scalpers and puts the fans back in the priority for purchase power.
    OF course Ticketmaster will never do this because they don't care about the customers...

  • @meganbruns9353
    @meganbruns9353 11 місяців тому +3

    I want to know why the Taylor Swift team didn't take advantage of the face value resale option. It seems like they also contributed to this issue because they didn't opt in.

  • @chadbaxter5578
    @chadbaxter5578 Рік тому +2

    Swift is one annoying performer her fans even worse. Now that her and Travis Kelce May be a thing the sports team I root for will be known as more annoying. Done hearing her name.

  • @TheGhostbusterfan
    @TheGhostbusterfan Рік тому +13

    Think Ben had a bit too much fun writing the script with the Taylor Swift quotes. Just beautiful.

    • @allwoundup3574
      @allwoundup3574 Рік тому

      it was pretty cringe and annoying. It's like boomer humor but worse somehow

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому

      @@allwoundup3574 Heck I am 50 and I laughed at it. How old are you? Usually people who say "Boomer" are in their 20's which is odd because not laughing at that humour at first I would have thought you would be older than me.

  • @BradleySmith1985
    @BradleySmith1985 Рік тому +3

    Ticket master should be responsible for these scams and paying everyone back. they were the once that created this mess.

  • @eurobeatking
    @eurobeatking Рік тому +15

    Same thing happened tona lot of people who are looking for Oogie Boogie Bash tickets at Disney's California Adventure. They joined a few Facebook groups and all the admins on those pages are scammers. They promise tickets, steal your money, and then block you from the page.

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m 11 місяців тому

      Oh wow that is another one that would be nice if @PleasantGreen checked out.