MADISON (WKOW) — College football season is almost here, and some students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who don’t have tickets yet are scrambling and getting scammed in the process.
Marc Lovicott, Executive Director of Communications for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department (UWPD), said people oftentimes worry when they don’t get their hands on season tickets.
“People are panicking right now because they don’t have Badger football tickets. If you wait until a day or two before game day, people are going to sell their tickets because they can’t make the game, so just be patient,” Lovicott said. “You’ll get into Camp Randall.”
But, UW-Madison senior Sammie Johnson said having tickets is a priority and getting them early is “worth the comfort.”
“That’s such a huge part of the Wisconsin experience and especially going into your last year. I’m never going to be in the student section again as a student. So yeah, it was priority for me to try to get them,” Johnson said.
In the process of finding tickets, Johnson said she was scammed.
“It’s pretty embarrassing getting scammed because I consider myself pretty cautious and careful. I didn’t know, that’s just really frustrating,” she said.
But, she shared that she isn’t the only one who has dealt with scammers before.
“I’ve seen a lot of people get scammed. There’s a…
