Music Festival News

Ive spoken about fake tickets a few times on here but i feel that it is something people need to keep at thr front of their mind as the theifs who run hese operations will always be ready to scam you out of money.

Last year a few websites were found to be selling tickets they didnt have. People need to be really vigilant when buying tickets and remember not to buy tickets unless you really trust the website.

efestivals.co.uk is a festival website which is also giving out the word about fake tickets as well as the organisers of the Leeds and Reading Festivals. The promoters of the Leeds and Reading festivals have pointed out two websites that raise concern and should not be trusted at all. 

My full time job is in internet marketing and you can run a few checks on websites. The two websites pointed out the festival organisers were www.readingfestival2009.com and www.leedsfestival2009.com

Both these sites are selling 2009 tickets even though they have not been put on sale yet and they are not affiliated with the festival.

After running a few checks i can tell you this:

• Both websites are owned by the same person, this is no shock but i thought id throw it in!!
• The actual websites are hosted in Hungry. This initially raises concerns for me. In my experiance most uk companys have their websites hosted in the UK, Germany or the USA, this is because of the main hosting providers and were they have their computers. Hungry looks to me as though it has been chosen specifically.. WHY?
• The domain names are registered to a P.O box in Vancouver in the US. which indicates to me that the people who bought the domain name dont want to be found.
• The most alarming and give away pieces of information lies with the registration and renewal date of the domain name that you can see below

As you can see from above the creation date was 25 July 2008. This is when the domain name was purchased. The amarming date is the renewal date of 25 Jul 2009. This is only 12 months and the domain expires before the festival happens. My bet is that this site will dissapear on the 25th July 2009 (if not before) and nobody will see tickets or refunds so be aware!!