SCAMMED by WhoopAg09

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9:08a, 12/22/25

AG

Howdy, my worst fears from this forum occurred last Friday trying to get tickets for the playoff game. I engaged WhoopAg09, posing as a David Chong (dchong6733@yahoo.com), to buy tickets and ended up losing $400. Thankfully I only paid half of our negotiated price prior to him sending the tickets, but needless to say after sending the money I never got the tickets and eventually was ghosted.

The profile was a year old with dozens of posts across various forums, almost like they were building it up for a big scam. Hope the $400 was worth it. Just wanted to post to warn users again that scammers are highly active on this forum and sometimes very tough to ascertain.

I also wanted to ask what the process is for getting this account banned? I have our conversation saved as well as proof of my payment to them.

Thanks

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9:33a, 12/22/25

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Sorry to hear about this hbl96. I agree that buyers can be vulnerable on this site.

I would think a consolidated list of trustworthy sellers and scammers would be very helpful. Recognizing there would be some additional administration for TexAgs, I would support and additional subscription fee for using the Ticket Exchange. Just a thought to eliminate the scumbags.

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In reply to hbl96 • 12:46p, 12/22/25

AG

Engaged w/ him how? Was there a reply to your post or PM, email, text?

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1:30p, 12/22/25

AG

Looks like you arent the only one.

https://texags.com/search?q=whoopag09

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11:37a, 12/26/25

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HBL - this sucks! Every time I post a WTB I get scammers - here's what I do:

1. If communicating via text - be highly suspicious of Android (green)
2. Speak directly - ask an easy Aggie trivia if they sound foreign.

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11:26a

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I'd think Texags would police their site better as scammers are increasing.

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12:37p

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Sorry you got scammed.

My first advice would be to never, ever post WTB. You are marinating yourself as scammer bait by doing that. Almost every scam I see out here was run on a WTB poster. Look for WTS, check their history, PM them, etc to confirm. Any hint of suspicion, walk.

Unfortunately, security comes with a cost and that's what Seatgeek and Stubhub are providing as part of their fee. Texags isn't in the broker business - understandably, so it's buyer beware. There are tools provided by the site that can help, but it's on us.

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In reply to DannyDuberstein • 12:50p

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DannyDuberstein said:
Sorry you got scammed.

My first advice would be to never, ever post WTB. You are marinating yourself as scammer bait by doing that. Almost every scam I see out here was run on a WTB poster. Look for WTS, check their history, PM them, etc to confirm. Any hint of suspicion, walk.

Unfortunately, security comes with a cost and that's what Seatgeek and Stubhub are providing as part of their fee. Texags isn't in the broker business - understandably, so it's buyer beware. There are tools provided by the site that can help, but it's on us.

Agree 100% its on the buyers AND Sellers.