Security News > 2020 > February > Burning Man Tickets for $225? Yep, Too Good to Be True

Burning Man aficionados anxious to get their tickets squared away for the 2020 "Experience" should beware: Fake concert organizers are offering passes in what researchers say is a very convincing and sophisticated scam effort.

Fraudsters have set up a fake website that closely mimics the official Burning Man site, in an effort to fool visitors into thinking it's the real deal.

"Unsurprisingly, Burning Man has caught the eye of scammers, and all the more so because tickets are costly," according to Kaspersky.

"The official Burning Man website offers tips about avoiding scalpers and scammers. But that's for dealing with third parties. A more deceptive scam, one that we recently uncovered, involves scammers pretending to be festival organizers."

Burning Man fans can avoid being, well, burned, by carefully inspecting any site before entering payment details.

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https://threatpost.com/burning-man-tickets-225/153123/