Scam warning | techoraco

SCAM ALERT!

Note: we will only contact you from a techoraco.com, capacitymedia.com, itw.com, towerxchange.com, itwglf.com, women-in-tech.com or delinian.com email address.

Scams are, unfortunately, part of business life – and the Exhibition & Conference sector is not exempt. Most regular conference attendees, sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers will have been approached with one or more of these types of communication.

However, we’d like to make you aware of some of the most frequent attempts:

Scam type 1: ‘Attendee Lists’ or ‘Delegate Lists’ for sale

There are several ‘hoax’ companies targeting attendees to try and persuade them to buy alleged lists of contact details for visitors who have attended our events (Capacity Europe, Metro Connect, ITW, Datacloud Global Congress, TX Africa, etc.).

PLEASE DO NOT respond to any such emails. The lists offered are not genuine. We do NOT sell or rent out our delegate lists – to do so would be a clear breach of our privacy rules.

These hoax companies may use names of our employees and reproduce our logo, but please take care to check the address the mail is sent from.

Scam type 2: ‘Guides and Directories’

Third parties using names of our partners or similar event names have been targeting sponsors offering paid entries into show guides.

These usually arrive by email or post and purport to be from an event organiser (e.g., ITW), but any paperwork received from these companies is NOT linked to our event.

Sponsors and exhibitors who sign and return these fraudulent forms can become contracted into a three-year agreement which the sender seeks to enforce.

If you have been caught out, the advice from the AEO includes:

Do not pay anything.
Report it to your local trading standards.
Keep a log of all correspondence and contact from them.

Full advice can be found at: Expoguide (aeo.org.uk)

You can always contact us via your account manager before you sign anything if you’re unsure.

Scam type 3: Ancillary Services

You may be approached by hotel booking agents or stand builders claiming to be approved service providers. Details of Capacity Media approved contractors will only be shared directly by your account manager.

We only work with our approved contractors and will never forward your details to third parties.

Scam type 4: “New Event/New Conference”

Parties may claim to be organising a new event and offer discounted booking rates. We recommend due diligence. Please check our event calendar or contact your account manager to verify.

We are aware of the following hoax/scam companies: