With the World Series set to begin Friday in Toronto as the Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers, ticket scammers are more than ready to take your money.

Declan Conroy, who lives in Ottawa, was interested in buying World Series tickets at Rogers Centre when he contacted a person advertising available seats.

In a text exchange Tuesday on Facebook Messenger, Conroy was told three tickets for sale were located in section 143 and were going for $150 each, way below their playoff face value.

“I mean ya, seems too good to be true though,” Conroy messaged back. “What’s the catch?”

The person at the other end offered to transfer one ticket to him “if you are trustworthy.”

After Conroy became wary of the offer, the apparent ticketholder corrected the price to $250 and said it was a “fair” of

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