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Reading And Leeds Issue Ticket Scam Warning

Ticket buyers are told to look out for 'bogus fan pages'.

Posted 16th April 2010, 4:39pm in News, by DIY News Desk
Arcade Fire The organisers of Reading and Leeds festivals have issued a further warning to fans looking to buy tickets for this year's events.

A statement sent on behalf of Festival Republic reads: "It has been widely reported that there are many fake sites for all this summer’s festivals. Only yesterday Festival Republic had two bogus fan pages closed down which claimed to offer free Reading Festival tickets. This particular scam involves people registering for free tickets and is essentially a third party phishing personal information such as email addresses.

All official ticket agents, partners and web pages are listed on the Reading and Leeds websites under the ‘Ticket’ section. Festival Republic have also listed unauthorised websites and agents that they are currently aware of on their websites, but more are being set up and closed down all the time so please be alert.

Please do not register with any third party claiming to represent Reading and Leeds Festival, if you are unsure please call the information line on 0207 009 3001."

Reading and Leeds festivals take place over the August bank holiday weekend, headlined by Arcade Fire, Blink-182 and Guns n' Roses.
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