Amount of Concert Ticket Scams Recovered from January to October 2025
14 January 2026
Question:
Mr Low Wu Yang Andre: To ask the Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs regarding the $615,000 lost to concert ticket scams from January to October 2025, (a) what percentage of these losses has been successfully recovered; and (b) how many indi viduals have been prosecuted for such scams.
Answer:
Mr K Shanmugam, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs:
1. The Police seized more than $190,000 from bank accounts linked to concert ticket scams reported between January and October 2025. Some of the monies in these bank accounts could have originated from sources other than the concert ticket scams.
2. We do not actively track the number of offenders prosecuted specifically for concert ticket scams.
