Attendee Data Fraud
Events on the scale of MWC Las Vegas inevitably attract bad actors trying to take advantage. We advise all exhibitors and attendees to stay vigilant, especially when it comes to receiving spurious emails claiming to offer attendee lists (which are simply phishing scams arising from a combination of screen-scraping publicly available information and guesswork and not the result of any unauthorised access to GSMA systems – the “data” these companies provide is predominantly random, potentially fictional email addresses with no connection to individuals who have attended/are attending MWC Las Vegas).
GSMA takes attendees’ privacy incredibly seriously and we will
never sell personal data to anyone or allow a third party to do so on
our behalf. If you are approached by a suspicious company or have any questions, our customer support team will be happy to help you.
We are grateful for your cooperation in bringing such fraudulent
activity to our attention and direct all correspondence to our Legal
department who then carry out enforcement action as a matter of
priority.