Ticket scam reported at NCAA regional

A local resident said he fell for a ticket scam involving the NCAA East Regional semifinal games Friday at the Wells Fargo Center and saw others who also were scammed.

The resident, who requested anonymity, bought two tickets from a person advertising on Craigslist for the doubleheader.

He said the seller met him in Center City. The man paid $500 for two tickets.

The purchaser said he should have taken some precautions. He said security at the Wells Fargo Center took the phony ticket, which misspelled the word "Division" for Division I basketball, in order to investigate.

The regional final between Notre Dame and North Carolina will be played Sunday.

Comcast Spectacor spokesman Ike Richman said in a statement:

"Tickets to the NCAA Men's East Regionals at the Wells Fargo Center were made available via NCAA.org or through our box office. Any tickets purchased through other means could be counterfeit or stolen and will not be honored at the Wells Fargo Center. At Comcast Spectacor we use a bar code system to avoid duplicate tickets being used. . . . "

- Marc Narducci