Exhibitors: Beware of Misleading Fairguide / Expo Guide Advertising Scam
Oct 29, 2008 - Source: Nielsen Business Media
Construct Data Verlag AG of Austria, Commercial Online Manuals S de
RL de CV of Mexico and similar companies are apparently continuing to
target Nielsen tradeshow exhibitors. They offer advertising space on
their Fair Guide and/or Expo Guide websites, using a form which
resembles an organizer’s free catalog listing service, inviting
exhibitors to sign and return the form for an entry in an on-line
directory. However, exhibitors who sign and return the form are then
bound to a non-terminable agreement at significant cost for a period of
at least three years and automatically renewing thereafter at the same
cost, unless canceled by registered letter within the appropriate
period.
Please note that Nielsen has no relationship with Construct Data
Verlag AG, Commercial Online Manuals S de RL de CV, Fair Guide, Expo
Guide nor any of their many other brands, and they have no right to use
Nielsen’s show names and brands on information they send out to
exhibitors. If you receive a document from Construct Data Verlag AG,
Commercial Online Manuals S de RL de CV or a similar organization which
uses our name or the name of our events and which offers advertising
space on the Fair Guide website (www.fairguide.com) or Expo Guide
website (www.expo-guide.com), please do not sign the form unless you
have carefully read and understood the all of the terms contained in
the small print.
You can visit the following informational website, www.stopecg.org, for more information on this deceptive scam.
