Police issue warning as ticket scams surge in Scotland

She initially asked if she could buy just two tickets but the seller ignored her and went straight into setting out the details of payment.

Susan asked for the woman to send her a request for the money so she would have some way to trace her but the seller came back with very detailed payment instructions, telling her how to reference the money.

“I think at that stage it would have been really daft for me to continue, there were so many red flags,” Susan said.

When she told her son about it, he said: “Mum, it was obviously a scam.”

“I would have taken a much more considered approach to spending that amount of money if we weren’t all caught up in the hype and desperation to get the tickets,” Susan said.

Eventually, Susan and Saul did get tickets via a recognised ticket resale site, although she admits she had to pay well “over the odds”.

“The concert was amazing though,” she said.