BALTIMORE — An Alicia Keys fan who was scammed out of concert tickets is coming out on top.
The singer’s song engineer saw WMAR-2 News Mallory Sofastaii’s report and decided to change the fortunes of the fan by gifting him tickets to a concert in Florida in a few weeks.
“I was just trying to get a discounted rate, thought I was talking to the real Alicia Keys fan club and I got ripped off,” said Moerio Zeigler.
Zeigler hoped to see Keys in concert at MGM National Harbor last month, but the ticket prices were too steep. He started chatting with someone on Facebook willing to give him a good deal and that person later identified themselves as Alicia Keys.
Zeigler then sent $300 for two concert tickets via Zelle.
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“I get the tickets and they have no barcode on them. I’m like that’s not going to help me,” Zeigler said.
No one, or scammer, can get in the way of this fan. He may have “fallin” for their tricks, but he’s now on fire.
“I got some tickets. I got two tickets, two airline tickets, and I got a hotel stay,” said Zeigler.
Zeigler is being sent to the Alicia Keys concert in Orlando by the singer’s team. Ann Mincieli, her Grammy-winning sound engineer, saw WMAR-2 News’ recent report on an Alicia Keys fan Twitter account and wanted to help him out.
“It shows that she cares about her fans, she doesn’t want the negative vibe, people talking bad about her or people doing things…
