Woman pays $19K for bogus premiere ticket

NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- A woman said she was scammed out of $19,000 when she tried to buy on eBay a ticket to Tuesday night's "Sex and the City" premiere and after-party in New York.

The New York Post said Ella Sherman flew from her home in Singapore to see the movie and party with the stars after she bought a "Sex and the City" themed package on eBay through the fledgling travel business Destination on Location.

The trip was supposed to include accommodations at a luxury Manhattan hotel, as well as tickets to the premiere and after-party, shopping trips to the Jimmy Choo and Patricia Field boutiques and admittance to the members-only club Soho House.

The Post said the travel company told Sherman after she paid the $19,000 that it could no longer offer tickets to the premiere and after-party.

Joanne Konstantinakos, a partner in Destination, told the newspaper Sherman's money hasn't been refunded because the travel company fell prey to a fraudulent seller.

Although New Line offered Sherman a free ticket to the premiere after a call from the Post, Sherman is still disappointed.

"It was the after-party that was the big thing for me," she said.