Some member organisations, congress participants and exhibitors have been receiving emails from rogue list brokers claiming to have access to a list of World Physiotherapy Congress 2023 participants and offering this list for sale.
This is a scam.
World Physiotherapy does not rent, share, or sell the email or physical addresses to any third parties or list brokers.
These scammers are trying to phish for your information and gain access to financial resources. The scammers have no association with World Physiotherapy or our events, including congress, and activities.
Scammers offering to sell these lists often aggregate information based on web crawlers or email “scraper” programmes that search for the “@” sign in email addresses posted online, including LinkedIn and Facebook. While this is illegal in most countries/territories, it does not prevent scammers from doing this. The best way to prevent this happening is to protect your information and, if possible, do not share your email address online.
Please do not engage with and/or acquire/purchase any list from any organisation or individual claiming to have access to the World Physiotherapy congress database, participants, exhibitors, or contact information. If you respond, even to “unsubscribe”, you will be confirming to a scammer they have reached a valid email address.
We encourage you to block the sender, delete the email, and report scammers to the government fraud department in your country/territory.
