(CelebrityAccess) — IQ Magazine reported that alleged scammers, claiming to be CAA reps, have been targeting talent buyers with offers of purported tours by Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber.
According to IQ, they have reviewed multiple messages from different email accounts sent to promoters soliciting business from non-CAA email addresses and claiming that CAA changed addresses following a data breach.
Per IQ, they contents of one such email they reviewed sought to solicit dates for an upcoming Justin Bieber tour that is scheduled to begin on December 1st, 2024.
The purported scam is the latest iteration of long-standing fake concert scheme, which seeks to collect deposits for concerts that never materialize.
As always, take steps to protect yourself. Don’t rely exclusively on email communications and if something seems to good to be true, it likely is.
For additional tips, check Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan of the Discmakers Blog’s guide to avoiding concert scams: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/03/guide-to-avoiding-music-business-scams.html
