Online ticket scalpers making big bucks off performing arts in New Mexico [Video]

If you plan on buying tickets to the ballet, orchestra or your favorite chorus, you might want to double-check where you are buying them.Online ticket scalpers are targeting New Mexico performing arts and have, at times, charged tippled the amount for a seat when there are plenty of them up for sale.“Traditionally, the three first hits are paid Google ads from fake scam websites,” said Emily Fine of the New Mexico Ballet Company. “And, they go on. They pick the show. The dates are correct. Our name is correct. They even copy the description of our event correctly off the real website.”The ballet has been hit by sites trying to make a profit by reselling tickets. Fine said, at times, the tickets can even be fraudulent, with the sites selling them before they have officially gone on sale.”Local New Mexicans who are being ripped off, and then it hurts the …