What is BLACKPINK Tour scam? Complete controversy explained

On June 18, Dongjak Police Station confirmed that they had arrested a man named Mr. A and took him into custody for scamming BLACKPINK tour tickets. The man was arrested in Seoul for forging and selling fake BLACKPINK concert tickets.

The authorities revealed that they arrested Mr. A at around 9:20 on June 17, after finding him selling fake tickets at a cafe in Dongjak-gu, Seoul.

As per the police report, officers identified the fake tickets after noticing spelling mistakes on them and other signs of tampering. After further checking, it was revealed that the tickets were fake, and that Mr. A had already sold around 500 such counterfeit tickets, through a secondhand trading platform, making around 80 million KRW or $58,000 through the scam.

As per an article published on June 15 by the South China Morning Post, a 25-year-old Hong Kong man was scammed out of HK $4,900 or $624 after he tried to buy two tickets for BLACKPINK's concerts. The police noted that counterfeit tickets had been sold in other key cities and revealed that a 25-year-old man became a victim of a scam after finding the tickets being sold on Threads.

"(He) saw someone selling two Blackpink concert tickets on Threads and contacted the person through an associated Instagram account. The victim did not hesitate to transfer HK $4,900 to the other party's account via FPS in exchange for a dynamic QR code for the concert's e-tickets."

What to look out for while buying BLACKPINK tour tickets

K-Pop girl band, BLACKPINK will go on their 2025 World Tour from July 5, 2025, and will open at the Goyang Stadium in South Korea, before heading to Los Angeles, California. The tour includes legs in Canada, the USA, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, Taiwan, Thailand, and Tokyo. The tour is currently scheduled to conclude on January 25, 2026.

Seoul Police, as per the South China Morning Post, has alerted concert goers to check the seller's account information, including the date when their account was created, comments, and posts by users, before meeting them in person to carry out any ticket transactions.

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) also issued an advisory on June 13, and noted that the only authorised platform for selling the concert tickets is Ticketmaster.

SPF warned that scammers claim that ticket sales are time-sensitive or limited in quantity to hurry buyers into purchasing them. In cases where victims did not receive their concert tickets, scammers would request additional payments by claiming that they had not received the original payments.

The police have also alerted shoppers to call off the deal if any doubts arise.

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