Massive scam targets members of the bill mafia

A member of the Bills mob is about to have his mob membership revoked after stealing a large sum of money from a Buffalo family.

Mom and Dad wanted to surprise their boy Carson with Buffalo Bills tickets after he made a gracious gesture to a family in need; however, another person posing as a Bills fan ruined this potential experience.

It all started two years ago when Carson won tickets to a Buffalo Bills game. For Christmas that year, Carson decided to give his tickets to another little boy who was also a big fan and was unable to attend the Bills game. For helping this family, Carson’s parents promised him that he could choose any game he wanted to attend and that they would do their best to make it happen.

After some circumstances prevented them from attending a game last year, they sat Carson down and told him they would take him to a game for the 2024-25 season. He chose the Kansas City game.

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Carson’s mother, Samantha Farnsworth, managed to find Buffalo Bills season tickets on Facebook Marketplace that were being sold through Ticketmaster… or so she thought.

Farnsworth exchanged a few messages with a guy named Kevin Bird, who even gave him his phone number for communication purposes. After sending the requested money via Apple Pay, Farnsworth noticed that she had been blocked and never received the tickets she had paid for, having to once again break the sad news to her child.

Farnsworth expressed his anger on Facebook:

“This **** man below had the audacity to rip me off in the market. I was told he was selling his Buffalo Bills season tickets through Ticketmaster and was asked to pay him Apple in exchange for sending me the tickets. I had a whole conversation with this guy in which he gave me his phone number (which I’m apparently blocked from now). How can people trust anyone these days?! And now I don’t have much money because of everything I’ve read. Apple Cash is difficult to repay unless the person returns it voluntarily. My stomach hurts and I can tell my child again that he will not attend the game.

Generally, Facebook Marketplace encourages buyers to transfer money to sellers through Facebook using PayPal. This way, you are insured and covered on your purchase, in the event of a scam. When the payment is transferred outside of Facebook, it is more difficult to recover.

Many members of the Bills Mafia shared Farnsworth’s post in an attempt to catch the scammer, and she later provided this update:

“The real person, Kevin Bird, is not the one who scammed me. Apparently he hasn’t used Facebook in a while because someone stole his identity here and scammed several people pretending to be him. This man has been harassed several times because of this. Please keep sharing because this person is using this man’s identity and continually trying to scam people. I tried to alert the market and post a post, but they removed it stating that it was against their guidelines.

Someone knows Kevin Bird, and it’s only a matter of time before the post is shared enough for him to be caught. By then, other members of the mafia could be exposed to this scam.