Fake tickets

A U. of I. student reported that someone purporting to be another U. of I. student in a GroupMe chat offered concert tickets for sale. The purchaser asked for confirmation of the seller’s identity, and the seller offered a photo of herself holding her student identification. The purchaser sent $450 to the seller via Zelle, and the seller subsequently cut off communication. It was later determined that the student who was implicated as the seller had herself been involved in a similar scam, during which the student sent the scammer a photo of herself holding her student identification.