The Daft Man Hunt – The Hidden 09 Scandal

Daft Punk fans from Shanghai are on a daft man hunt! Over 3,500 people were left high and dry when sources confirmed a secret concert was in fact a scam. The tour was announced on a secret facebook event titled “Daft Hidden 09″ and quickly picked up speed as an official tour website dafthidden.com was released and included all of the tour details. The website has since been removed, but tickets were sold at 73$ a pop. Here’s a screenshot of the homepage before it was taken down.

This is where the story gets a little interesting. The same viral marketing plot is backfiring as party goers are working together to find the scam artists. Using the domain registrant information they contacted the website designer. It turns out a french man named Andy Da Silva (redwallevents@yahoo.cn) contracted Sun Chen to design the entire daft punk website. Sun Chen quickly removed the content and provided Andy’s details including email address and phone number.

This information lead to an official “daft punk scandal facebook page” and Daft F#cked Group where two individuals have been declared responsible – Thomas Ramirez and Andy Da Silva. These photos were provided by Oasis Property Management, where Andy and Thomas planned and organized the fake event. Do you recognize these individuals? Spread the article, these guys must be caught!