Threatin'ed
2018-11-10 19:13:05.405665+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
LA band Threatin faked a fanbase to land a European tour that no one attended:
To do it, the band’s frontman and leader, Jered Threatin, posed as a nonexistent booking agent / promoter to land the gigs, used faked live footage of allegedly packed shows in L.A., bought Facebook likes, event RSVPs and YouTube views and lied about ticket sales numbers to swindle venue owners and talent buyers into taking on the shows.
And then, of course, nobody showed up, because their Facebook followers were all fake accounts from Brazil, and ...