Dear Exhibitor,

As happens with many exhibitions held at major venues, including the ACC Liverpool, we understand that some exhibitors are being targeted by scammers claiming to be working for the National Housing Federation’s Housing Finance Exhibition.

They tend to capture the emails addresses and event branding from the event website and some of their emails may appear genuine but they are not. In the past these scams have included directories, hotel bookings, but now some claim they have delegate data to sell. This is not the case, delegate data, where available as the official Attendee List, is only made available to you from us or the National Housing Federation.

These scams have been reported to our trade association the AEO (Association of Event Organisers) who offer the following advice https://www.aeo.org.uk/expoguide

Our advice is to IGNORE THEM COMPLETELY, and do not communicate with them in any way. Writing letters and responding to emails simply confirms that you exist and are available at the address/email address/number they have for you, and therefore payment can be pursued.

1) Report it to your local trading standards

2) DO NOT PAY ANYTHING

3) DO NOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE SCAMMERS even when they threaten legal action.

These organisations have also been known to use debt recovery agencies, the same advice stands for these agencies. Do not engage with them.

Please do not reply to any email that are not sent from us at Foremarke, the National Housing Federation, ACC Liverpool, or our trusted contractors: GES (stand fitting, electrics and furniture contractors), Invexco (insurance), eep Safety (space only stands), Dutch flowers (event florist).

If you have any questions then please don’t hesitate to contact us.