Big Iron Farm Show organizers have learned of a new scam running out of Mexico that is targeting show exhibitors by using the Big Iron Farm Show name and trademark. The company Commercial Online Manuals is sending solicitations to show exhibitors to advertise in its Expo-Guide. The scam is almost identical to the FAIR Guide operated by Construct Data Publishers Verlag AG and is intent on misleading show exhibitors into believing that the solicitation is associated with the Big Iron Farm Show - it is NOT! Furthermore, exhibitors can easily be tricked into placing a directory listing in the Expo-Guide believing it in all cases will be "FREE." However, by signing the form exhibitors will actually be entering into a three-year, irrevocable agreement requiring them to pay a significant amount of money with no foreseeable benefits.

THE BIG IRON FARM SHOW DOES NOT SUPPORT THE EXPO-GUIDE! Commercial Online Manuals and its directory Expo-Guide are not associated with, or endorsed by, Big Iron Farm Show organizers. Furthermore, the use of the Big Iron FarmShow name and trademark by Commercial Online Manuals in its solicitations is unauthorized.

Big Iron Farm Show organizers have contacted Commercial Online Manuals directly demanding that it stop targeting Big Iron Farm  Show exhibitors with its solicitations. Show organizers have also alerted state and federal authorities in the U.S. to look into this matter. In the meantime, the Big Iron Farm Show strongly warns exhibitors to exercise extreme caution with respect to solicitations by Commercial Online Manuals and any other suspicious third-party offers in order to avoid unwarranted and/or unnecessary financial commitmen