He said the hope was Eventbrite could identify the scammers through the bank accounts the money had been paid into. He has spoken to detectives about the identity theft, as have ticket-buyers. 'Most of the social media profiles that they've created are nearly exactly the same as mine, minus say one letter or adding another number on.' 'What we have found is that they have gone into extreme depths to pretty much match up as many details as they can with myself,' he told ABC Radio Adelaide today. He had registered a similar, but not identical, business name to the one linked to the scam, and social media accounts promoting the party appear to have copied his profiles. At this point, we've all come to the conclusion we've been scammed.'Īdelaide Hills real estate agent Callum Kennedy says his identity and ABN was stolen to make the event seem legitimate. You’ve probably used Eventbrite then, the event tech platform that processes 3 million gatherings each year, spanning 8 billion in gross ticket sales since its 2006 founding.

'This was hosted by Eventbrite which is supposed to be … a reputable event organising brand and app, and the event's been taken down, the Facebook page for the event taken down, the Facebook profile attached to the event - the organiser - gone,' Mr Clark said. Someone is using the website Eventbrite to sell fake tickets to the family-friendly celebration.

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