Reports of concert ticket fraud double in just one year

Reports of concert ticket fraud have doubled in the course of just a year, helped along by the multiplying number of online scams on social networks and resale platforms, according to Belgium's economy ministry.Victims have ended up paying for tickets they never receive, or buying fake tickets and being refused entry once they arrive at a concert, RTBF reports.The economy ministry recently launched an awareness-raising campaign in response to the increase in reports of ticket fraud.“Last year, we received 360 reports of consumers buying fake tickets,” said spokesperson Étienne Mignolet.The figure is more than twice as many as the previous ye…