Fraud Awareness & Official Suppliers Information

Please be aware that there are numerous suppliers who scrape data from our show websites and reach out to exhibitors, falsely posing as official contractors of Hyve Group. These include:

• Hotel agencies like Trade Show Housing & Convention Housing Service
• Show guide companies like Expo-Guide, Fair Guide & International Fairs Directory
• Companies pretending to be Hyve selling visitor and exhibitor lists*
• Other companies offering services like staffing agencies, AV suppliers, stand contractors and graphics suppliers.

 *Attendee List Data Scam

We will never sell or share our visitor data list! Some firms contact exhibitors claiming to either work with us or to pose as us saying they have the visitor list with full contact details and offer to sell it to you. This is a scam. We do not and will never sell our data. If you are approached by such a company, please do not make a purchase, the data is fake and entirely illegal. If you are contacted with such solicitations, please make your Customer Success Manager aware.

 Official suppliers and contractors for Breakbulk Europe can all be found here: https://europe.breakbulk.com/page/suppliers-and-contractors

 How to avoid:

We have a list of trusted suppliers; their names and contact details can be found on the Official Contractors Page here. We cannot guarantee the legitimacy of any suppliers outside of this list.

If you fall victim to this fraud:

The AEO (Association of Event Organisers) advise that you take the following actions:

• Ignore them completely; do not engage in any communication.
• Report it to your local trading standards.
• Do not make any payments.
• Do not respond to any threats of legal action.
• Optionally, file a complaint with the receiving bank regarding Expo Guide (or equivalent) obtaining money through deception.

These organisations may also involve debt recovery agencies; the same advice applies. To read more from the AEO on this matter please click here.