Christina Smith

Oct 25, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Samantha Monteiro |Christina Smith |Damian Garcia |Karina Han

Through fraudulent ticket sales over the past several months, Georgetown students have been scammed out of thousands of dollars—and even their identities—by users on GroupMe, a messaging app used across campus. According to students interviewed by the Voice, many scams took place in the Ticket Exchange group chat—a frenzied hub of panicked students trying to buy last-minute event tickets or sell off music festival passes they booked two months before finding out they had a midterm.