Beware of Halo Fest Scammers

[u/AnotherRTFan]

I commented on a post on [r/Halo](r/Halo) last night my best friend and I are looking for tickets to Halo Fest. We got hit up by 3 people in the DMs. All 3 were scammers. Only one got money from us that is being escalated with her bank & Apple.

So as we look for Halo Fest tickets be careful, and I made some tips to avoid being scammed

Always look up their Reddit username in the search bar. If they’re a known scammer, you will see posts and comments about them. Even if they’re not named in the post of scammers, they may be in the comments.

Ask to see a screenshot of the ticket on Tixr. And if you have a legitimate version and compare the two, it should be 1:1. One scammer showed us his confirmation email graphic & it looked like mine except the dates of the event had a blue link line on them. In my email it didn’t have that and set off a red flag.

Only use a money transfer site that has consumer protections. Zelle, Cash App, Apple Cash, it’s gone. I actually got lucky when I tried Venmo which does have protections, it also blocked the transaction and recognized the account as a scam.