From Taylor Swift tickets to Uggs… major bank 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s hot scam 傾向s for 2024
- 購入（する） scams have 急に上がるd 42% in the last year
- Lloyds 警告するs shoppers of pet, ticket, 乗り物 and designer goods scams
- In 2023, ticket scams ロケット／急騰するd by 529%?
Shoppers have been 警告するd to watch out for scams when buying tickets, pets, 乗り物s and designer goods online in 2024.?
Thousands of people 追跡（する）ing for tickets, cars, pets, and much more were tricked into 手渡すing money over to fraudsters this year, with 購入（する） scams 急に上がるing 42 per cent compared to last year.
Social マスコミ was the main 追跡（する）ing ground for scammers ? nearly four in five 購入（する） scams started on these 壇・綱領・公約s.
Scam watch: Lloyds Bank has 警告するd that shoppers need to be on their guard against scams 含むing pets, tickets, 乗り物s and designer goods in 2024
With few checks, no 安全な・保証する 支払い（額） 過程s and no 財政上の incentives to 保護する their 使用者s, 詐欺 is rife on social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約s.
These are the biggest scams shoppers ne ed to watch out for in 2024, によれば Lloyds Bank.
Ticket scams
In 2023, concert ticket scams 急に上がるd 529 per cent while football ticket scams rose by 101 per cent.?
The 普通の／平均（する） loss for concert ticket scams was £110 and £159 for football ticket scams.
In 2024, Lloyds Bank is 警告 concert and football goers to be 特に 用心深い when searching for UEFA Euro 選手権, the Olympic Summer Games?in Paris and Taylor Swift's world 小旅行する.
Popular events give scammers 広大な／多数の／重要な 適切な時期s ? when tickets are 不十分な, fraudsters cash in on desperate fans.?
The two 'spikes' for this type of scam are when tickets are 解放（する）d and 近づく to the date of the event.
Pet scams
Pet scams 殺到するd 24 per cent in 2023 as shoppers searched for a new furry friend. The 普通の／平均（する） loss from these type of scams was £307.
The main dog 産む／飼育するs scammers tend to 的 are Yorkshire terriers, rottweilers and pomeranians, so shoppers should be on their guard for scams when searching for any of these types as a pet.
Lloyds advises shoppers to never を引き渡す money for an animal unseen and always search through 登録（する）d charities or 子孫を作る人s.
乗り物 scams
乗り物 scams rose 74 per cent in 2023 and the 普通の／平均（する） loss from 乗り物 scams was £998.
The most 一般的に 的d 乗り物s by scammers are Ford Fiestas, BMW 1 Series and Volkswagen Transporters.
When buying a car, shoppers should look out for excuses. 見解（をとる）ing a 乗り物 is necessary pre-支払い（額）, so if the 販売人 has endless excuses as to why it's not possible, don't を引き渡す money in any circumstances.
Designer goods
These scams 発射 up by 23 per cent in 2023 and the 普通の／平均（する） loss from designer goods scams was £177.
Shoppers looking to 行き詰まり，妨げる new Nike Jordans or Dunks, Ugg boots should be 用心深い, as these were the labels 的d by scammers most often along with items from Louis Vuitton and Chanel.
If a 取引，協定 looks too good to be true it probably is, 特に for items that are out of 在庫／株 at 伝統的な retailers.?
Compare prices from 信用d sources and the designer's 公式の／役人 website.
Holiday scams
The first Saturday after people return to work in January is 伝統的に a popular time for people to 調書をとる／予約する a holiday abroad.?
For fraudsters, this is a golden 適切な時期 to 的 希望に満ちた holidaymakers.
Lloyds data shows flight tickets are the most ありふれた 偽の item sold relating to holidays, but it's not just the idea of 飛行機で行くing abroad that 誘惑するs in 信用ing 犠牲者s.?
The 人気 of the 'staycation' remains high, with caravan holidays the next most popular holiday scam.
Nearly half of all holiday scams 起こる／始まる on Facebook Marketplace, but these scams can happen through more 信用d websites such as AirBnB and 調書をとる／予約するing.com.
犠牲者s arrive with their スーツケースs 十分な for an exciting trip, only to find the 演説（する）／住所 their host has given them is 偽の or the apartment they think they've rented, is 現実に home to someone else.
To 避ける holiday scams, 購入（する） tickets and hotel stays from 信用d retailers or, even better, direct from the 航空機による or hotel. When 調書をとる／予約するing stays, look for valid reviews on websites such as TripAdvisor.
Liz Ziegler, 詐欺 予防 director at Lloyds, says: 'Fraudsters are 絶えず on the 警戒／見張り for ways to scam people out of their hard-earned cash and, if you're not on your guard when shopping online, you may be their next 犠牲者.
'Don't be fooled into 信用ing a stranger on the internet to 安全な・保証する a quick 取引.?
'Social マスコミ is rife with 偽の adverts from 犯罪の 販売人s - if something is in 需要・要求する and hard to get your 手渡すs on from 信用d retailers, it's probably unrealistic to think you've 設立する it for half the price on Facebook Marketplace.'
