A week after event staff recorded more than 400 “missed scans” at Memorial Stadium, the ticket fraud problem virtually disappeared for Saturday’s game against Arizona State University. 

Reports of fraudulent tickets were made public last week following Missouri’s football game against the University of Georgia, the team’s first conference matchup in the Southeastern Conference. More than 71,000 fans turned out for the game, but some were turned away at the gates due to fake tickets.  

The MU Police Department reported ticket scanners counted more than 400 “missed scans” on tickets at the Georgia game, some of which might have indicated fake tickets, according to a Sept. 13 [news release from the MU News Bureau](http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2012/0913-mu-police-warn-public-of-football-ticket-fraud/).

Of these missed scans, MUPD received two reports of ticket fraud following Missouri’s inaugural SEC game. 

“Two official complaints came in to us,” MUPD spokesman Brian Weimer said.

The case is still open, he said.

“The suspects have not been identified,” Weimer said. “It’s still under investigation.”

Such claims were not the case at this week’s game, though, as there have yet to be any reports of fraudulent tickets.

“Our post-game report from our police didn’t list any fraudulent tickets from (Saturday) night,” athletic department spokesman Chad Moller said in an email.

Weimer confirmed that as of Monday morning, the police department has not received any reports of ticket fraud from last weekend’s football game versus Arizona State University.

Regarding whether MU’s recent entrance into the SEC had any impact on the fraudulent ticket incidents, Weimer said there was no relation between the two.

“(The ticket fraud reports) have nothing to do with the switch in conferences,” Weimer said. 

There is a higher risk of ticket fraud at sold-out games because tickets are in higher demand, Weimer said.

The fake tickets look nearly identical to the real ones, Weimer said. 

“They even have the same feel,” he said. 

The fraudulent tickets even had the correct disclaimers on the back side, according to the news bureau’s news release. When in circulation with legitimate tickets, it is almost impossible to tell the difference between the two. 

There is no chance the fake tickets will scan at the gate, Weimer said. Anyone who unknowingly buys a fraudulent ticket will not find out until one reaches the entry gate, and those with fake tickets will be denied entry to the game. 

One of the problems with ticket fraud is that people selling tickets might be unaware they have fraudulent tickets if they didn’t purchase them directly from MU, Weimer said. 

“It’s also possible that the individual selling the ticket does not know it is fake,” Weimer said in the news release. “He or she might have bought the fake ticket and is trying to turn it around for a quick profit along with legitimate tickets. Unfortunately, the victim might not realize it’s a fake ticket until it’s scanned for entry into the game.”

MUPD has seen incidents of ticket fraud in past years, Weimer said. Fans should not look to get tickets through online auction sites or from strangers, according to the news release. The best advice is for people to make sure they are purchasing tickets directly from the MU Athletic Office, Weimer said.