SINGAPORE, June 25 -- Excitement is building for Blackpink's Deadline world tour stop in Singapore, but not all fans are celebrating.

In just two weeks, at least S$26,000 (RM86,000) has been lost to scams involving bogus resale tickets to the K-pop girl group's upcoming shows on November 29 and 30 at the National Stadium.

According to a June 24 statement by the Singapore Police Force, there have been at least 18 reported cases where victims were tricked into paying for fake tickets advertised on platforms such as Telegram, Carousell, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook Messenger, Viagogo.com and Xiaohongshu.

Scammers often sweet-talked their victims with screenshots or videos of what appeared to be legitimate tickets or payment receipts.

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