TIFU

I have tickets for sale for the Sza Kendrick GNX tour in Philadelphia, NY/NJ and LA /Inglewood locations. Well the Philly concert is tomorrow I have advertised the resale on Ticketmaster, stubhub, reddit and Craigslist.

Someone on Craigslist said that he wanted the 4 tickets I had for 160 each, no fees, extra charges or any strings attached. He had told me that he was new to doing this and he doesn’t really trust people. I gave him my real name, real number, and real email. He said that he would text me. But he didn’t. He continued through email. Then last night he didn’t say anything els. Tthis morning he emails me again bright and early saying that he is still interested in the 4 tickets, but he wants me to send one. And if I’m legit, he will send the money for the whole 4 and then I could transfer the other 3 to him. So I had to unlist it on Ticketmaster and then do a few verifications. But I was finally able to send him the one ticket. As soon as he claimed it, he stopped responding to me. A few minutes passed by, and I asked him, is everything okay? No response. Another 20 minutes pass, I ask him to return the ticket if he has no intention on paying for it. STILL no answer.

I’m upset that I have 3 tickets and no buyer. Plus I’m out of that money. Because he lives in Pennsylvania, they said I have to file a report here in New York, where I live but I want the police in Pennsylvania or Philadelphia to go get him since I have the seat number, row and section.
I’m just so pissed right now and angry. I’ll go to the Police station to file a report, but right now I have a scheduled brunch appointment with my son and husband. So it’s gonna have to wait until I get back.

TLDR I trusted a scammer James Montgomery on a Sunday morning

ETA I feel bad enough without so many people beating me up about it. These comments are merciless 😪🤧