AceShowbiz - Comedian Dave Chappelle came to the aid of a couple who were scammed with fake tickets to his show by providing them with seats to the gig.

Deidra Dickens and her husband, Eddie, purchased what they thought were tickets to his Charlotte, North Carolina stand-up set ahead on Thursday, February 14, transferring $500 (£380) to an online seller only to learn the vendor had made off with her money - and there were no tickets.

According to the local Charlotte station WBTV, she filed a police report, and when the star learned about the drama he surprised the couple by hand delivering passes to the show.

Last night we told you this Charlotte couple was scammed out of hundreds of dollars trying to buy @DaveChappelle tickets on Craigslist. Tonight we were there as DAVE HIMSELF hand-delivered the group tickets! Awesome! @WBTV_Newspic.twitter.com/tHMElvDcZE

— Alex Giles WBTV (@AlexGilesNews) February 15, 2019

In a video posted by the network on Twitter, Chappelle can be seen walking up to the starstruck couple as they enjoy dinner together.

Not only did @DaveChappelle hand over tickets to the folks who got scammed-he sat down to chat with them, did a full interview with us, and took time to take pictures with a bunch of people in the hotel restaurant. Truly a great dude. @WBTV_Newspic.twitter.com/Bvaidvfpyc

— Alex Giles WBTV (@AlexGilesNews) February 15, 2019

"Someone on my team called me, actually last night, and told me about this situation and we thought it'd be fun to do that for someone for Valentine's Day," Chappelle says in an interview with the station. "I didn't expect to be on the news doing it but I'm glad, that's good. It's good that people know to always get your tickets from reliable sources and take every opportunity that's presented to you to be kind, especially if it's something that's easy to do."