While dance music fans are now conditioned to regular online forgeries about tours and new releases, one thing that continues to burn unwitting Australian punters is a wave of Internet ticket scams that have rocked local events and robbed punters of their dollars. Already this summer dubious online ticket sales have targeted the debut of Space Ibiza on New Years Day, and now it looks as though two more festivals are wrapped up in some drama, namely the upcoming Good Vibrations and Soundwave festivals.

The latest ticketing resale appeared today on local website 1saleaday.com.au, offering users a dubious discount of nearly 25% on tickets to Good Vibes shows in Sydney and Gold Coast and Soundwave concerts in Brisbane and Sydney, both set for later this February.

Speaking out about the authenticity of the tickets on 1saleaday.com.au, Good Vibrations crew Jam Music issued a statement to ITM explaining that the tickets are “not legitimate” and would not equate to admission at any festival date.

“These tickets are not legitimate tickets,” Jam Music declared in the statement. “The ticketholder will be refused entry. You will lose your money and be disappointed on the day…Only tickets purchased through authorised sellers will be honoured to grant you entry to Good Vibrations Festival.”

The ‘sale’ of these tickets has arrived at an undoubtedly calculated time, with the figures behind the ticketing resale clearly hoping to grab festival-goers desperate to attend the festival following the announcement that tickets for the Sydney leg of the show had sold out.

UPDATE – inthemix was contacted by 1saleaday.com.au on Monday February 8th and notified that, although purchased legitimately, all tickets available for resale on their site for Good Vibrations were removed on Friday afternoon at the request of the event’s promoter, Jam Music. Any punters who purchased tickets prior to them being removed from sale had their money refunded in full.

Good Vibrations is back in 2010, and this time it’s proudly supported by inthemix. Check out our festival page for all the updates and check the dates in the links below.