Taylor Swift Ticket Scams On The Rise

TAYLOR SWIFT TICKET SCAMS
Searching for last minute tickets to Taylor Swift's Era's tour? Well, you better be careful, because police say people are being scammed left, right, and centre. Yep, there's a bit of bad blood in the air at the moment because heaps of Swifties are falling victim to ticketing scams! You see, the Australian leg of Taylor Swift's Eras tour kicks off next Friday and the tickets sold out pretty much straight away. Yeah remember these lines of fans waiting hours for a chance to catch a glimpse of the action? Since then heaps of tickets have been resold online. While some are legit, Victoria Police say a lot of them aren't. In fact, they reckon there've been more than 250 reports about ticketing scams for the Eras Tour, costing people more than $260,000. Some have even had their social media accounts hacked and then used to sell fake tickets to their friends with fake stories about why they can't attend. So, to stay safe, police say you should only ever purchase tickets through authorised sellers, such as Ticketek. And if you plan to buy tickets from friends on social media, its strongly advised that you contact that friend independently before sending them all your money. Yeah, they've actually asked people not to do that. What is my life.

RARE SHARK
Two fishermen have had a close encounter with a rare shark off Queensland's south-east coast. This is a whale shark and it moseyed on up to their boat somewhere between Hervey Bay and K'gari. The last recorded sighting of one in this area was four years ago. And it's made researchers pretty excited as it will give them a chance to better understand these elusive creatures.

BEACH SAFETY
Now, I'm sure this summer you probably visited the beach once or twice! But swimming in the ocean can be dangerous. So, Kushi got a crash course on staying safe in the water.

TENNIS CENTENARIAN
At 101 years old, Len Spence is one of the oldest tennis players in Australia. He warms the courts of Mildura twice a week with a group of mates in tow. Now, Len admits he doesn't quite have the moves he used to in his younger days, but what hasn't changed is his passion for the sport.

BABY SLOTH
Now to the US, where a baby sloth has just made its public debut at Palm Beach Zoo. It's the first sloth born at the zoo in 21 years, the last being this baby's mum! No name has been chosen just yet, zookeepers are waiting to find out what the baby's gender is first.

PANDA VIDEO SHOOT
And finally to a procession of pandas! On their way to a video shoot. Chinese New Year is just around the corner, so rangers in Chengdu City were called in to help wrangle all 34 bears for the occasion. As a reward, there was some pumpkin shaped into the numbers 2024.
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