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.