Scammers have been posing as Arctic Monkeys’ agent to book artists for fake 2025 world tour

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Arctic Monkeys’ agent to book artists for a fake 2025 world tour.The scammers have been posing as 13 Artists founder and agent Charlie Myatt, soliciting bookings for a fake Arctic Monkeys tour in 2025.13 Artists told IQ magazine that a “deluge” of fraudulent emails have been reported to them in the last few days.The emails, titled ‘CONFIDENTIAL – Arctic Monkeys – Midnight Mirage World Tour 2025’, were sent from a bogus address news@13-artists.net and see the sender asking the recipients reply to another bogus address, charlie.myatt@13-artists.com.The fraudsters appear to have even made a fake website that’s almost identical to the Brighton-based agency’s real one.Both the fabricated website and the scam email contain phone numbers (+44 20 3290 3795 and +44 79 0719 2974), neither of which belong to 13 Artists.The UK’s Entertainment Agents’ Association has previously issued a checklist if they are unsure of the validity of an email, urging promoters to check the email address and ring the agency to confirm if there are any doubts.

They also advise to check an artist’s website for conflicting touring plans and make contact with the agent via phone.They also advise “Before sending a deposit, call the agency to confirm the booking and check their account details” and “check with promoters in other markets to verify the artist is touring in that region at that time.” They add: “If an offer is accepted and seems too good to be true, it probably is.”Back in November, it was revealed that Oasis fans who fell victim to ticket scams for their upcoming reunion tour have lost £346 each on average.Tickets for the UK dates first went on sale in August, with 1.4million up for grabs.