Warning: Never Buy Exhibitor, Attendee, or Sponsor Lists from Third Parties
OFFICIAL WARNING FROM DIGIMARCON
If someone contacts you offering to sell a DigiMarCon attendee, exhibitor, or sponsor list — it is a scam. DigiMarCon does not sell these lists. We never have. We never will. These scammers are not affiliated with DigiMarCon in any way.
This is not a hypothetical warning. Below is documented proof of an actual scam attempt, including the real correspondence between the scammer, a DigiMarCon speaker, and DigiMarCon leadership — showing exactly how these fraudsters operate and how they were caught.
What Happened: A Documented Scam Attempt
On January 26, 2026, Dennis Yu — a DigiMarCon speaker and CEO of BlitzMetrics — received an unsolicited email from someone named “Jane Foster” claiming to be an “Events Manager” for DigiMarCon. The email offered to sell the registered attendee list for DigiMarCon Canada 2026 in Toronto.
There was one problem: Jane Foster does not work for DigiMarCon. She never has. She was sending from jane.foster@enexhibitions.com — a domain with zero connection to DigiMarCon.
Dennis immediately recognized the scam and forwarded the email to DigiMarCon founder Aaron, who confirmed within hours that it was fraudulent.
The Scam Email from “Jane Foster”
FRAUDULENT EMAIL
From: Jane Foster <jane.foster@enexhibitions.com>
To: articles@blitzmetrics.com
Date: January 26, 2026
Subject: DigiMarCon Canada 2026
“Dear Exhibitors and Sponsors, The registered attendee list for DigiMarCon Canada 2026, in Toronto, Canada is now available. You can use it to promote your booth and connect directly with attendees. Attendees have given permission for email and phone contact.”
She signed off as: “Jane Foster – Events Manager, DigiMarCon 2026”
Red flags in this email: The sender uses an @enexhibitions.com email address, not @digimarcon.com or @digimarcon.co. DigiMarCon does not have an “Events Manager” named Jane Foster. DigiMarCon does not sell attendee lists and never has. The claim that “attendees have given permission for email and phone contact” is fabricated.
Dennis Yu Alerts DigiMarCon Leadership
FORWARDED TO DIGIMARCON
From: Dennis Yu <668sierra@gmail.com>
To: digimarcon@gmail.com, jed@digimarcon.co, ben@digimarcon.co
Date: January 26, 2026
Subject: Fwd: DigiMarCon Canada 2026
“She’s not sending from a DigiMarCon email list — but pretending to be your events manager?”
DigiMarCon Confirms: 100% Fake
DigiMarCon founder Aaron responded the same day, confirming the scam and initiating legal action:
DIGIMARCON OFFICIAL RESPONSE
From: DigiMarCon <digimarcon@gmail.com>
To: Dennis Yu
Date: January 27, 2026
Subject: Re: DigiMarCon Canada 2026
“Dennis, Thanks for letting me know. This is 100% fake outreach. I hate it when this occurs. Sending cease and desist.”
A Second Scammer Surfaces with Fabricated Pricing
Within 24 hours, a second scammer from an entirely different company contacted Dennis with specific pricing for the same fabricated list — proving this is an organized, multi-party fraud operation targeting conference exhibitors:
SECOND FRAUDULENT EMAIL
From: Nick Brown <nick.brown@optelsolutions.com>
To: Dennis Yu
Date: January 27, 2026
Subject: RE: DigiMarCon Canada 2026
“Hi Dennis, I am Nick Brown from the business development team. We have 3,124 attendee contacts from DigiMarCon Canada 2026. Standard – $650: Company name, job title, and basic details. Pro Plus – $700: Adds phone numbers, location, and extended fields. Both come in Excel format.”
This data does not exist. Nick Brown does not have 3,124 DigiMarCon Canada attendee contacts. These scammers scrape outdated information from previous conference websites, social media profiles, and public directories, then repackage it as a current “attendee list” — charging $650 to $700 for fabricated data.
Dennis Yu Calls Out the Scammer Directly
Dennis also replied directly to Jane Foster to expose the deception:
CHALLENGING THE SCAMMER
From: Dennis Yu
To: Jane Foster <jane.foster@enexhibitions.com>
Date: January 26, 2026
Subject: Re: DigiMarCon Canada 2026
“Jane, You’re the events manager for DigiMarCon? What’s the price?”
As Dennis noted: “I get a dozen of these each year. Happy to forward to you, so we can shut these parasites down.”
Why This Scam Exists — And Why It Will Never Work
This is not unique to DigiMarCon. It is an industry-wide problem affecting conferences, trade shows, and expos globally. Scammers target conferences because exhibitors and sponsors are actively looking to connect with attendees — making them receptive to an offer that sounds legitimate on the surface.
Here is what these scammers actually sell you: scraped data from LinkedIn, past conference websites, and public business directories — repackaged with a conference name attached. The contacts are not verified attendees. The data is not current. The “permission for email and phone contact” they claim does not exist. You would be paying $650 or more for a list that violates data privacy regulations like GDPR and CAN-SPAM, and could expose your company to legal liability.
How to Identify and Report These Scams
Check the sender’s email domain. Official DigiMarCon communications come exclusively from @digimarcon.com or @digimarcon.co domains. In this case, the scammer used @enexhibitions.com and @optelsolutions.com — neither has any connection to DigiMarCon.
Verify the person’s identity. Search for the sender’s name on the official DigiMarCon website and LinkedIn. Jane Foster and Nick Brown are not DigiMarCon employees.
Remember our policy. DigiMarCon does not sell attendee, exhibitor, or sponsor lists. Any email offering to sell you one is fraudulent — regardless of how official it appears.
Report it immediately. Forward any suspicious emails to digimarcon@gmail.com so our team can pursue cease and desist action against the scammers. The more reports we receive, the faster we can shut them down.
Do not engage or purchase. Do not reply to these emails. Do not purchase any list. You will be paying for fabricated data from bad actors who will continue to target conferences as long as people keep buying.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
DigiMarCon takes the privacy and trust of our attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors seriously. We do not sell, rent, share, or distribute personal contact information to any third party — period. We are actively pursuing legal action against entities that impersonate DigiMarCon or fraudulently claim to represent our conferences.
We encourage our entire community — speakers like Dennis Yu, exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees — to help us combat this fraud by reporting any suspicious communications immediately.
If you have questions about the legitimacy of any communication claiming to be from DigiMarCon, contact us directly through our official website.
— The DigiMarCon Team





















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