Six Flags Ticket Scam Reported in New Jersey

Jackson, NJ - Have you received an email offering four free tickets to Six Flags Great Aventure theme park?

Many in New Jersey reported receiving the promotion in the first few weeks of March, but it's a scam, a Six Flags spokeswoman warned. A similar Six Flags scam popped up on Facebook in 2012.

"Please be on the alert for ticket scams. If an offer sounds too good to be true it usually is. If someone offers you free tickets to 'refer three friends' or if you 'just visit a website,' it's a scam and not something sponsored by Six Flags. Be careful," posted Six Flags on their Facebook page Monday.

“Recently some of our guests received email offers for free tickets that appear to be generated from Six Flags,” Kristin Siebeneicher, a spokeswoman for Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, told the Asbury Park Press. “Unfortunately these emails are being sent from an unknown source and the free tickets are a scam.”

The timing fooled many: Six Flags opens for the season March 23, and it often offers discounted tickets around this time. However, the real tickets are only offered on the official Six Flags Facebook page.

“The only valid online offers for free tickets are on the Six Flags Facebook and Twitter pages, and our website," Siebeneicher said.