Oasis fans say they have lost hundreds of pounds in a ‘sophisticated’ and ‘creepy’ Facebook scam targeting those desperate for tickets to the band’s UK tour.

One victim lost £550, while another says she chased Facebook 13 times asking for her hijacked account to be deleted - but it remains online six months later.

The Manchester Evening News spoke to two Facebook account holders who say their profiles were hijacked by fraudsters and used to scam their friends.

Both say the scammers used their parlance and vocal mannerisms to trick contacts into believing they were talking to someone they knew.

Both were inundated with calls from friends and acquaintances when ‘very convincing’ posts in their names appeared on their Facebook walls.

And though they admit they aren’t actually Oasis fan

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