London (CNN) — Hundreds of Oasis fans are looking back in anger after falling victim to a “landslide” of ticket selling scams.
The fans have lost £346 ($449) on average to fraudsters ahead of the British band’s reunion tour next year, with some losing as much as £1,000 ($1,298), UK lender Lloyds Banking Group said Tuesday.
Lloyds said in a press release that an analysis of fraud reports lodged by its customers in the month following Oasis’ August announcement of its comeback tour also showed that more than 90% of the scams began with adverts on social media and that the “vast majority” started on Facebook.
Facebook’s parent company Meta (META) did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The bank said Oasis fans made up around 70% of all reported ticket fraud between August 27 and September 25.
Lloyds noted that scammers usually post fake adverts on social media for either discounted prices or tickets …