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The Police would like to remind the public to be vigilant against concert ticket scams. Since October 2025, at least 11 reports have been lodged in relation to BLACKPINK’s upcoming Deadline World Tour Concert in November 2025, with total losses amounting to at least $6,000. 

For BLACKPINK’s 2025 Deadline World Tour Concert, victims would come across offers for the sale of BLACKPINK concert tickets on messaging or social media platforms such as Telegram, Carousell, Xiaohongshu, Facebook Messenger, and Tiktok. Some common modus operandi includes:  

1. Scammers would provide screenshots or videos of fake tickets or receipts to convince the victims that the tickets were authentic, and the ticket sales were time-sensitive or limited in quantity. Scammers would promise to deliver the tickets to victims after inducing them to make payment quickly; and
   
   
2. When victims claimed that they did not receive their concert tickets, the scammers would claim that they did not receive the initial payment and request for additional payment. 

Victims would realise that they had been scammed when the tickets were not delivered or when the seller became uncontactable.

The Police would like to advise members of the public to purchase concert tickets only from the authorised ticketing platform, Ticketmaster.  These tickets cannot be transferred or resold and those who are found to have purchased resale tickets will be turned away from the concert at the Singapore Sports Hub, with no refund. In addition, these tickets would only be issued to buyers via their Ticketmaster account, typically around two weeks prior to the event. Ticketmaster will never issue tickets via email. Members of the public should also be wary of resellers claiming to be able to transfer their tickets to your Ticketmaster account after purchase, as the tickets are strictly not transferrable.

5 In line with Meta’s Commerce Policies, Facebook Marketplace does not allow content that promotes the buying, selling, or trading of event tickets. The Police have also reached out to platforms such as Carousell, Facebook Marketplace and TikTok to take down listings of resale tickets. 6 The Police would like to advise members of the public to adopt the following precautionary measures to protect themselves against scams: 

1. ADD - ScamShield App and set security features such as enabling  two-factor (2FA) or multifactor authentication for bank accounts and set transaction limits on internet banking transactions. Add a Money Lock feature to further secure savings in bank accounts from scams. 
   
   
2. CHECK – Make sure you only purchase concert tickets from authorised concert ticket sellers. Call and check with the 24/7 ScamShield Helpline at 1799 if you are unsure if something is a scam. You can also check the legitimacy of suspicious phone numbers, messages and website links through the ScamShield App.
   
   
3. TELL - Authorities, family, and friends about scams. Report any fraudulent advertisements to the social media and e-commerce platforms.  

For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamshield.gov.sg. Fighting scams is a community effort. Together, we can ACT Against Scams to safeguard our community!

Examples of Fraudulent Concert Ticket Listings on X and Xiaohongshu

Example of Conversation between Scammer and Victim