Oasis fans lost more than £2m to ticket scams, major bank warns

Oasis fans collectively lost more than £2m to ticket scams for the band's long-awaited reunion tour, a major bank has warned. The UK group announced the tour last year, with it set to begin in just over two months time. However, amid the rush for tickets, Lloyds Banking Group said a number of customers fell victim to ticket scams, losing £436 on average.

The bank made the calculations based on fraud reports from its own customers. Would-be concertgoers trying to get their hands on the tickets already faced issues around dynamic pricing. And Oasis fans accounted for more than half of all reported ticket scams so far this year, Lloyds.



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