This year the region’s social calendar is packed full of events from comedy shows to sports and concerts, but following a flurry of bogus ticket-seller reports, fraud officers at Northumbria Police are urging people to be vigilant.
The advice comes as Action Fraud launches a campaign to clampdown on phoney ticket sales.
Data issued by the national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime revealed more than £6.7million had been lost nationally to ticket fraud in 2022 alone.
