Joanne McNally Glastonbury ticket scam ordeal takes unexpected turn
Comedian Joanne McNally has been scammed out of thousands of pounds for Glastonbury tickets.
The Dubliner told fans she had used a private concierge to buy her Glastonbury tickets - but they never materialised.
Joanne says the mystery seller has now blocked her phone number and disappeared "to Spain", leaving Joanne and 50 other music fans furious.
In an Instagram video, Joanne said: "Glastonbury update. The guy I bought a ticket off said it'd be there by 6. If it's not there by 6 ring me.
"No sign of the ticket. We're ringing him, we're blocked. He is gone. The money is gone. There is no ticket. We were robbed. And obviously it wasn't cheap because it was Glastonbury and it's a once in a lifetime experience.
"It's so weird because some people did get their tickets off him. A load of us didn't get our tickets from him, apparently it's like 50 of us. So he took a couple of grand off 50 people and he's now in Spain or something."
Her pal and content creator Rossi Lewis had originally organised Joanne's ticket through a concierge company, which turned out to be a scammer.
He told his 28,000 Instagram followers: 'So I went through a concierge company for my ticket, and then I went through a separate one for Joanne's ticket. I didn't do the same stupidly for this.
'Now, the guy who I bought it from, my good friend, he basically knows him and says he's got a concierge business. He is known around London. He is so well known, everyone works with him like it just, it just would never have been a scam.
'But apparently, we've just had a load of things come through. He's messaged now - The guy that I got it from basically said that he's been planning this for six months.
'There's a bigger story to it. He's got, like, a lot of debt to pay. His parents are devastated. They're getting death threats, and they've had to go to the police. So with this situation, it's just crazy.
'But right now, I have a neck fan and a car ready to go to glasto. It is like, I just need to go.
'So we're still looking for a ticket. So we're still looking for a ticket. I'm still hopeful. I'm not leaving without Joanne, so I'm praying to the Glastonbury gods that will be on that farm this weekend, maybe tomorrow, maybe Friday. I don't care, but we're not going without Joanne. So if you know anyone, please still get in contact.
'This story just gets even more crazy. I think Joanne will finally make it onto Netflix, not as a comedian, but as a witness to this absolutely crazy story. So I've just got a call from the guy who scammed the tickets.
'He basically called to apologise. He said, 'I'm so sorry for what I've done to everyone. I feel terrible'. I mean, his whole story could be made up, but he said he's still in Spain.
'He's been owed money for years and years and years. He just didn't see a way out. He's been planning this for six months. He's lied to everyone throughout his life to try and get money. And the only way he could get this money, which I think sums up to a total of £110,000 from all the tickets that he sold, and he's been trying to sell, basically them all to pay off his debts.
'People are after him, and he's gone to the police, blah, blah, blah, and he was like, 'hopefully I will get arrested now, because I'll be protected.' So if it's true, obviously, you know it could maybe not be but my empath was like, 'oh love'. I was on the phone for 20 minutes, just like being like, 'Oh God, this sounds terrible', but you know what he's done is awful. We don't know what situations he's in, but I mean to call and apologise. Do you know what I mean? Who does that? Well, scammer does that, but I feel sorry for his friends as well, who obviously are really close to him and have just been lied to.'
On Thursday morning, Joanne updated her fans from a petrol station bathroom, telling them she finally got a Glastonbury ticket.
She said: 'I'm coming to you from a petrol station toilet which can only mean one thing. I got a ticket. The festival gods have been good to me.
'So I can access my teepee and it's not going to sit there vacant for the weekend.'
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