BlackPink Concert in Hanoi: Tickets Scam Up to 28 Million VND/ticket

After YG confirmed that BlackPink's Born Pink concert will take place in Vietnam on July 29-30, the group's fans and the K-pop fan community are very excited to find ways to own tickets to enjoy it live at My Dinh Stadium.

BlackPink's post announcing the World Tour in Vietnam reached more than 600 thousand emotional interactions and more than 140 thousand comments, becoming one of the posts related to Born Pink World Tour with the highest interaction on the group's official fanpage.

Because fans are "thirsty for tickets", many bad guys continuously post articles about selling tickets or hunting for tickets to scam gullible audiences.

A fan said that he was blocked by a bad person after transferring money to buy tickets. Because he was too gullible, he deposited 3 million VND in advance, and the next day he transferred 3.5 million VND, but the seller blocked his messages. This fan hopes that the post will warn about fraud, and that similar cases will come together to report and expose the incident.

In addition, some people claiming to have connections with the organizers have advertised 1,000-2,000 tickets in advance. The information cannot be verified, but many gullible audiences still contacted them to ask for a "slot" to buy tickets and were offered high prices for each type of ticket.

According to observations, a series of BlackPink concert seating charts in Hanoi are spreading on social networks. Many individuals and fanpages have taken advantage of this to post tickets for sale at high prices, causing confusion among the audience.

Specifically, VVIP tickets with the right to watch the rehearsal and sound check are sold for 25 million VND, VIP tickets are priced at 12 million VND and GA tickets are priced at 10 million VND. Some fanpages even advertised VIP tickets for up to 28 million VND, with the lowest priced ticket also being pushed up to 10 million VND.

Not only is the information about the seating map and ticket prices unconfirmed but confusing, many fans are also confused when looking for people to "take the camp" - hunt for tickets on their behalf. In this form, the ticket hunter will receive a salary, commonly ranging from 200 thousand to 3 million VND/ticket, from regular to VIP class.

Faced with the current scam situation, BlackPink fans have continuously posted many articles warning that bad guys are taking advantage of the audience's desire to own tickets of the four hottest female singers in Asia for profit. In particular, they boycott black market tickets (tickets bought from unreliable sources or sold at a higher price than the original price) because they pose many risks, the risk of fake tickets and encourage illegal activities.

In addition, BlackPink fans in groups also exchange experiences in buying tickets on websites or seek out official newspapers for instructions on buying tickets safely. To minimize the risk of online fraud, if it is possible to buy tickets directly after the official sale, buyers should exchange identification documents with the seller to confirm their identity and limit pre-transfers.

BlackPink is the first K-pop artist to hold a concert at My Dinh Stadium. This is also the second group after Super Junior to hold a concert in Vietnam this year.

According to Vietnamnet