# Raye's Ticket Scam

> Raye reveals scalpers used AI bots to create fake registrations for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall seats.
- Title: Raye's Ticket Scam · Music Business Worldwide | Shortify
- Summary: Raye reveals scalpers used AI bots to create fake registrations for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall seats. Raye says AI bots generated hundreds of thousands of fake…
- Keywords: raye, royal albert hall, ai bots, ticket scalpers, presale, manual review, 1.8m signups, 5000 seats, co:brand, live nation, this symphony may contain hope, music
- Source: Music Business Worldwide — https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/raye-says-scalpers-used-ai-bots-to-create-hundreds-of-thousands-of-fake-registrations-as-1-8m-sign-up-for-5000-royal-albert-hall-seats
- Published: 2026-10-13T21:37:46+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: raye, royal albert hall, ai bots, ticket scalpers, presale, manual review, 1.8m signups, 5000 seats, co:brand, live nation, this symphony may contain hope, music
## Raye's Presale Overload
Raye reported 1.8 million sign-ups for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall seats during presale.

> We received 1.8 million sign-ups for 5000 seats for This Symphony May Contain Hope
## AI Bot Scams
Scalpers used AI bots to create hundreds of thousands of fake registrations for presale.

> Sadly our sign-up process was overwhelmed by scalpers, using AI bots to create hundreds of thousands of fake registrations
## Manual Review Process
Raye's team manually reviewed sign-ups to identify real fans before presale.

> It is so important to me that fans can buy tickets at the face value price
## Presale Timeline
Presale closed Monday at 5pm BST with codes sent by email by 11:45am BST today.

> Raye said those selected would receive their presale link and code by email at 11:45am BST today
## Ticketing Chaos
Royal Albert Hall's site received 5 million access requests during presale spike.

> Once the presale opened, the Royal Albert Hall's website received 5 million access requests
## Government Action
UK government plans to ban ticket resales above face value by November 2025.

> In November 2025, the government announced plans to make it illegal to resell tickets to live events above face value
## Future Plans
Raye and team will rethink ticketing after this presale experience.

> I’m not sure what the future holds for ticketing, I do know this experience has really opened my eyes
## Key takeaway

Raye says AI bots generated hundreds of thousands of fake registrations for her Royal Albert Hall presale, leading to manual review of 1.8 million sign-ups.