CloudSEK Identifies Fake Tomorrowland Ticket and Travel Sites Targeting Festival-Goers
Summary
CloudSEK identified fake Tomorrowland ticket and travel sites that can steal money, personal information, and payment details. The report details their impersonation tactics, checkout flows, infrastructure, and advice for festival-goers.
Key points
- CloudSEK found around a dozen live sites impersonating Tomorrowland ticket sales, accommodation, transport, or travel packages.
- A fake ticket checkout requested identity, contact, address, and payment details, including purported biometric registration.
- One storefront routed buyers to a genuine Stripe checkout for a merchant unrelated to Tomorrowland; another used PayPal.
- A Tomorrowland- and Airbnb-branded accommodation site redirected users to real listings, which CloudSEK assessed as likely affiliate monetization rather than direct payment fraud.
- The report lists domains, IP addresses, and certificate details associated with the observed sites.
- CloudSEK warns of financial loss, identity theft, payment-card abuse, invalid tickets, and follow-on scams.
- The report advises buying only through official channels, checking domains carefully, and booking accommodation directly through trusted platforms.
Article Details
- Publisher
- CloudSEK
- Report Period
- 2026 (observations dated 2025-10-07 to 2026-07-21)
- Scope
- Fraudulent Tomorrowland-branded ticket, travel, and accommodation sites targeting festival-goers.
- Key Statistics
- Searching festival-specific wording returned around a dozen live impersonation sites.
- The report lists 18 domain or hostname indicators.
- The report lists 5 IP address indicators.
- The accommodation aggregator displayed 40 Airbnb listings and 56 hotel listings.
- Recommendations
- Buy tickets only through Tomorrowland's official ticketing, authorised resale, and Global Journey platforms.
- Check the exact domain before paying; type the official address directly rather than following links or ads.
- Treat requests for biometric registration and insistence on bank transfer, cryptocurrency, or gift cards as red flags.
- Pay by credit card where possible to retain a chargeback option.
- Verify accommodation independently through the booking platform rather than links on festival-themed sites.
Indicators of compromise
| Type | Indicator | Context |
|---|---|---|
| DOMAIN | belgium-tomorrowlland[.]com | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| DOMAIN | belgium-tomorrowlland[.]info | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| DOMAIN | belgiumtomoorrowland[.]com | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| DOMAIN | festreisen[.]com | Identified as a festival-travel lure; exposed API headers indicated a backend collecting submitted data. |
| DOMAIN | jedemenatomorrowland[.]cz | Identified as a localized Tomorrowland travel-package lure aimed at the Czech market. |
| DOMAIN | mcsdirect[.]tech | Listed as a domain IOC in the reported campaign infrastructure. |
| DOMAIN | tmrlnd[.]shop | Sibling host associated with the fake ticket-shop operation and reuse of its certificate. |
| DOMAIN | tomorrowland-2026[.]com | Domain used by a fake Tomorrowland 2026 ticket shop to collect personal and payment information. |
| DOMAIN | tomorrowland-book[.]com | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| DOMAIN | tomorrowland-booking[.]com | Lookalike domain observed loading a Tomorrowland ticket listing; included in the campaign IOC list. |
| DOMAIN | tomorrowlandbuytickets[.]com | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| DOMAIN | tomorrowlandtickets[.]org | Identified as a close clone of Tomorrowland's ticket page and included in the campaign IOC list. |
| DOMAIN | tomorrowlland[.]com | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| DOMAIN | winter-tomorrowlland[.]com | Listed as a domain IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| HOSTNAME | belgium[.]tomorrowland[.]now | Listed as a domain/host IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| HOSTNAME | tomorrowland-airbnb[.]pages[.]dev | Tomorrowland- and Airbnb-branded accommodation aggregator identified as unauthorised brand abuse. |
| HOSTNAME | tomorrowland[.]events[.]cryptonexum[.]com | Listed as a hostname IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| HOSTNAME | www[.]vvipevent[.]com | Listed as a host IOC associated with the reported Tomorrowland impersonation campaign. |
| IPV4 | 135[.]181[.]132[.]114 | IP address listed in the campaign's IP and network IOC section. |
| IPV4 | 45[.]131[.]214[.]47 | Exposed origin serving the fake ticket shop fronted by tomorrowland-2026.com. |
| IPV4 | 45[.]142[.]140[.]75 | IP address listed in the campaign's IP and network IOC section. |
| IPV4 | 5[.]39[.]23[.]174 | IP address listed in the campaign's IP and network IOC section. |
| IPV4 | 72[.]62[.]191[.]8 | Dedicated VPS listed as campaign network infrastructure. |
| URL | hxxps[:]//buy[.]stripe[.]com/6oUbJ203S5jBfnIeQjaVa01 | Hardcoded payment link in the fake ticket checkout; it resolved to a genuine Stripe checkout for a merchant unrelated to Tomorrowland. |
Countries
BelgiumTomorrowland Belgium 2026 runs across two weekends in July (17 to 19 and 24 to 26) at De Schorre in Boom. With both weekends sold out and international demand high, CloudSEK identified a number of fraudulent websitesCzech RepublicFranceDay Pass product pageFrench-language targeting: Branding and checkout are entirely in French ("Accueil," "Acheter maintenant," "Payer maintenant"), aimed at French-speaking buyers in France.