Before Tottenham's series in Korea 'Alert'Don't be fooled by the still-flying scalping ticket deal', If it's not the person who made the reservation, it's useless

Jul 10, 2024

"It's useless to buy a ticket."

Ahead of the Coupang Play series in which Son Heung-min will participate, the warning light for fraudulent tickets was turned on.

Coupang Play announced a strong crackdown on fraudulent transactions, but it turned out that private ticket transfer attempts are still active. However, soccer fans' caution is required because they cannot enter the game on the day of the game with the transferred tickets.

Coupang Play released a press release on the 10th and is responding strongly to fraudulent transactions such as resale and transfer of tickets for the '2024 Coupang Play Series', which set a record for all seats sold out" he said.

The '2024 Coupang Play Series' is an event involving Son Heung-min's Tottenham and Bayern Munich, with one match between Team K League and Tottenham on the 31st and two matches between Munich and Tottenham on August 3rd.

Coupang Play has announced policies to eradicate fraudulent transactions, such as allowing only mobile reservations to prevent the use of macros and randomly solving cancellation tickets with a time difference"We are taking active action against all fraudulent transactions through constant monitoring after ticket sales "

There were many articles saying that Coupang Play series tickets were sold on the morning of the 10th at 'Carrot Market". Carrot Market Capture

Posts for selling tickets to Tottenham's visit to Korea on the bulletin board of the Middle Kingdom. Capturing the Secondhand Country Home Age Screen

Coupang Play explained that after conducting a full investigation of fraudulent cases posted on used trading sites and social media, most of them were confirmed to be non-existent seats or false sales.

Coupang Play added that while implementing the fraudulent transaction reporting 'Amphitheatre' system, self-identification is mandatory when entering the stadium, and if it is confirmed as a fraudulent seat after entering, it will be removed.

Despite such strong warnings, it has been confirmed that suspected fraudulent transactions are still playing out. Sports Chosun searched secondhand trading sites such as Carrot Market and Used Country on the morning of the 10th when Coupang Play announced a related press release, and there were a series of posts saying that they would sell or purchase tickets for "2024 Coupang Play Series".

According to the contents of the sales post, most of them caught the eyes of innocent buyers due to unavoidable circumstances, and the majority demanded 'negotiation'. In the case of the first-class C against Tottenham and Munich, which costs 190,000 won, it was 999,999 won, which was more than five times the price.

However, it has been confirmed that if you purchase these tickets without knowing them, they end up being 'useless'. This is because of the strict position management system implemented by Coupang Play. Only Coupang Wau membership members are required to book tickets only on mobile devices that have been certified as their own. There are no widely known paper tickets at all. Mobile tickets are not issued immediately just because the reservation has been made. After receiving a physical ticket to the mobile device a few hours before the match, you can enter only after verifying the identity of the reservation holder, such as QR code authentication. In order to prevent fraudulent transactions in the field, a technology that prevents mobile tickets from being captured was also applied.

Even if it is purchased on behalf of an acquaintance or family member or through a legitimate transaction, it is a system that is bound to be denied entry unless it is the reservation holder himself. If it's not an admission ticket that I booked myself in any form, it'll be 'useless'.

A Coupang Play official said "We are responding quickly and actively to fraud such as ticket transactions."We will provide the best viewing opportunity for Wow members through strict policy implementation"

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