Family who purchased discounted tickets to Saudi Arabia loses thousands in fake-ticket scam

A family trip for 10 to Saudi Arabia turned into a nightmare after discovering five of the discounted plane tickets bought online were fake.

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[BehindChanelGlasses]

Am I the only one shocked that 5 of the 10 tickets were actually real?

[homealone]

I'm surprised 5 of those tickets were real.

[Kylekillamart]

How naïve Can you be!? Facebook marketplace really? a flight? Haha

[wickedpawn]

Spending your 'hard earned money' in your religion. That's the real issue.

[FrancisSiuChock]

Number one rule about any marketplace is you only purchase actual products and even then know that it's still a risk.

[lexi]

If anybody’s interested I’m selling front row tickets to Tina Turner!!!

[Whocares]

Facebook market place would be the last place I would ever think of getting airline tickets.

[SummerSausage]

lmao so what? she trusted some random stranger that said they could get 30% off? lol

[ColdHardToronto]

I'll buy them all one-way tickets

[joept]

30% off airline tickets??? 😂 should be a redflag immediately. Crying because they bought from a scammer 😂 thats why you only buy from legitimate sources

[Jditditsk]

Flight tickets in Facebook marketplace 😒