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Scam Ticket Site Exploits Demand for V Festival Tickets
Friday, 04 March 2011 Written by Brad Norris
Scam Ticket Site Exploits Demand for V Festival Tickets

With unprecented demand for V Tickets this morning causing a surge in Internet traffic, many fans were left without tickets and looking for V 2011 tickets on the open secondary market. International fraudsters have quickly jumped on the opportunity to rip off UK music fans, exploiting unsuspecting UK consumers with offers too good to be true at fake ticketing websites.

An OFT report concluded last year that 1 in 12 music fans admit to having been ripped off by fake ticketing websites, losing on average of £80 each. Fake ticket sites are a growing problem which are a blight on the live music industry and those reputable companies that act appropriately within it.

ImageOne such site ripping off UK music fans is www.v-festival-2011.com, a site which appeared out of nowhere this morning to scam music fans looking for alternative sources for V Festival Tickets. The site looks professional and officially connected with the V Festival. Of course, it isn't. That is part of the scam to dupe fans.

The site expoits open advertising on Google, called Google Adwords, to attract potential victims, as can be seen in the screenshot here.

If you missed out on tickets for V Festival, we advise you to always double check the sites you are buying from. At Stereoboard we only work with official UK agencies and trusted fan-to-fan exchanges, safe in the knowledge that your purchases are fully safe and guaranteed.

The line-up for V Festival 2011 so far has been announced as follows:

Weston Park Saturday 20th August – Hylands Park Sunday 21st August:
> Eminem
> Rihanna

Hylands Park Saturday 20th August – Weston Park/ Sunday 21st August:
> Arctic Monkeys
> Plan B

Other acts confirmed for the weekend include:
The Script, Dizzee Rascal, Pendulum, Kaiser Chiefs, Duran Duran, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream ('Screamadelica'), Razorlight, Chase & Status, Tinie Tempah, The Courteeners, Scouting For Girls, Ellie Goulding, Bruno Mars, Jessie J, The Wombats, Mark Ronson, N-Dubz, Big Audio Dynamite, Glasvegas, Hurts, Katy B, KT Tunstall, Squeeze, The Saturdays, Example, Wiz Khalifa, Olly Murs, Cast, Kele, Ocean Colour Scene, You Me At Six, Eliza Doolittle, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Imelda May, Bellowhead, Claire Maguire

More acts over four stages are set to be confirmed in the coming months.

This year's V Festival bash takes place over the weekend of August 20th and 21st with tickets onsale now from trusted sources - click the link below.

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