Counterfeit Tickets for the Big FSU/Clemson Game in Tallahassee

Harry Note - We have guests coming here for the Clemson game this weekend. So we need 4 tickets together. It is going to be a difficult ticket to get. Doak Campbell Stadium seldom sells out - this time it has. People are advertising tickets on Craigslist.org for $300. Wish us luck - I will let you know what we get. My limit is $90 - then I go home to watch the game in HDTV.

From the Tallahassee Democrat today - 

Buyer beware: FSU-Clemson game sparks ticket scams Anyone still looking for a way to attend Saturday’s sold-out game between No. 5-ranked Florida State Seminoles and No. 10-ranked Clemson Tigers needs to exercise extreme caution. All 83,300 seats in Doak Campbell Stadium will be filled for Seminole’s biggest game since taking on Oklahoma last year. Rob Wilson, associate athletic director for communications, said at this point, it’s “buyer beware” for ’Noles fans needing tickets for the game.
“If you’re not buying it from FSU, Clemson or StubHub then you run a risk of it not being a real ticket,” he said. “People selling fakes have gotten pretty sophisticated now. There’s no telltale sign. It’s who you buy it from that’ll tell you if it’s the real deal.” Wilson’s warnings come with a reason — Tuesday afternoon (name removed in 2017 because charges were dropped), a 20-year-old FSU student, was arrested at the Richards Building on campus after multiple witnesses came forward to campus police. They all said they were sold counterfeit student guest print-at-home tickets by (name removed in 2017 because charges were dropped). He now faces 12 third-degree felony charges. Florida State University Police Department spokesman Maj. Jim Russell and Wilson both said cases of forged tickets are rare, but tend to crop up around big games. Wilson said the last major case happened around the Oklahoma game, which was also a prime-time match between top-ranked teams. Russell agreed with Wilson’s first point — it’s not about what the ticket looks like, it’s about where it’s bought. “It’s important to get your tickets through legitimate means,” he said. “Don’t go to Craigslist. Either get it through athletics or StubHub. If you go outside of that, and start dealing with shady characters, you’re increasing your likelihood you’ll get something that’s not real.” Russell the reaction from a person who finds out they’ve been sold a fake ticket is “ugly.” “Not only do we not want people getting ripped off,” he said. “We don’t want confrontations when people come to the game with a fake ticket. Two people might end up sitting in the same spot and that leads to conflict.”