Specialists from a Russian company say that since August 17th, they have found at least 10 websites in the .ru, .com, .site, and .shop domain zones that are disguised as official resources for Kanye West's tour.
The addresses use combinations like "ye," "yerussia," "ye-tickets," and other names associated with the artist. On some sites, tickets are offered for payment in cryptocurrency, with prices ranging from $60 to $2100. Some fake resources suggest transferring money via phone number. According to F6 information, the price of such tickets ranges from 28,000 to 6.2 million rubles.
The same scheme is used in Telegram bots. Security specialists have discovered at least seven such services. At the time of verification, on August 21st, only one of the bots was operational: after selecting a seat and entering contact details, the user was prompted to transfer money via phone number.
Some websites offer tickets for concerts in Moscow, although both of Kanye West's performances were scheduled to take place at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg. When attempting to complete a purchase, some resources redirect users to websites of illegal casinos.
Leading F6 analyst Maxim Ionov identified the requirement to pay for a ticket with cryptocurrency or via a phone number transfer as a sign of fraud. The reason: it is practically impossible to recover funds after such transfers.
Kanye West's concerts were planned for October 10th and 11th. On Monday, August 24th, Gazprom Arena announced that the concert could not take place due to the organizers' lack of a contract with the concert venue.
Earlier, representatives of the organization "Moshelovka" reported on scammers who offered Russians access to cryptocurrency trading through the Moscow Exchange.
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