u/Ray192

I recently posted on /r/Guadalajara to look for shuttle passes to world cup games, and I was surprised that I got DM'd pretty quickly by u/Abhishekdhital/, who claimed he had several passes and wanted me to give him an offer. Who the hell scalps shuttle passes? But I was curious to see where this scam will go, so I quoted him a number and he immediately asked for payment method. So obviously, very suspicious.

Then I go to his profile, and he's apparently based in fucking Nepal. Ok maybe he's another World cup traveler. So I told him I would pay him in person since we taking the same shuttle. And he stops responding and deletes his account soon after.

So this is fairly straightforward fraud at this point, nothing new. But what's surprising to me is that he found me so quickly after I posted on /r/Guadalajara of all places. I highly doubt this Nepalese scammer is just regularly browsing the Guadalajara subreddit for opportunities like this.

Which means there's probably a scam center based in South Asia that's actively scanning every single reddit post to look for opportunities to scam you. They're everywhere, DO NOT do business with anyone on reddit that can't prove to you that they will do the right thing.

Hey I'm a tourist coming to Guadalajara to watch Korea vs Czechia! Looks like I just missed the boat on getting the shuttle tickets. Does anyone know if they'll release any more tickets? Or does anyone have a spare shuttle ticket from Zona Chapultepec they're willing to sell?

Or if anyone wants to trade for a shuttle ticket for Zona Titanes.

https://boletomovil.com/evento/zona-chapultepec-republica-de-corea-vs-republica-checa-2026-06-26-1600-y-2300

So I bought world cup tickets from Stubhub months ago and the seller still hasn't transferred them to me. I have asked support to remind them multiple times but there is no answer.

At this point I don't even wanted the tickets anymore, I just want to get a refund. Apparently I can't even ask for an alternative until an hour before the game, so getting the ticket an hour before the game is the worst scenario in my mind because I can't even resell it at that point.

So at this point, after not transferring the tickets despite having months to do it, it's pretty safe to say that the seller is ghosting, right? Or do these scummy people actually wait until the last minute to transfer?