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A mother who promised Taylor Swift tickets to her daughter to celebrate finishing her A-levels is among British fans being conned out of £1million by cruel fraudsters.
Sian Williams, from Gwynedd, Wales, believed she was speaking to a mutual friend who claimed they had four tickets to Swift's sellout Eras Tour show in Liverpool.
The mother-of-two had wanted to buy tickets for her daughter Efa, 18, as a well done treat for finishing her exams, but was unable to get tickets in Cardiff.
When scammers asked for £500 in exchange for the sought-after concert tickets, they provided screenshots and gave details about seating arrangements.
But after sharing bank details over WhatsApp and transferring the first £250, Ms Williams realised something was wrong and refused to pay the rest.
She is just one of thousands of British Swifties falling victim to online scams, with Lloyds issuing a warning to their customers to be vigilant.
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Sian Williams, pictured with her daughter Efa, was scammed out of £250 when trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets from who she thought was a friend of friend
British Taylor Swift fans have been falling victim to the scams online when trying to buy tickets
The bank believes that once other lenders are taken into account, the true number will likely run to more than 3,000 with losses over £1million.
Lloyds said the average amount lost by each victim was £332, although for some it was more than £1,000.
'I didn't think anything of it because it was a friend of a friend,' Ms Williams told the BBC Wales, after losing £250 during the ordeal.
