NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A woman said she was scammed by an event that claims to be taking place in Nashville this coming weekend.
Brenda Calderon was looking for something to do with her kids. “I was on Facebook one day and saw it, and my daughter saw it too, and she was like, ‘Oh! I want to go to that,’” she said, referring to a Facebook ad she saw for Dino Expo Nashville.
Calderon bought eight tickets to the event, initially scheduled for the end of March. It wasn’t long before she became suspicious. “They had rescheduled it,” she explained but couldn’t’ get anyone to respond to her about changing tickets.
In a post to the event’s Facebook page, Nashville Dino Expo claims it was rescheduled because of weather damage to Bicentennial Park. The carrier said the Nashville Dino Expo was scheduled for the coming weekend: July 22 – July 24. However, a representative for Bicentennial Park told WSMV4 that no such event was taking place. Instead, they said the company canceled it in the spring.
“I was like messaging them, and the didn’t respond to me,” Calderon said. “The next day, they started deleting my comments.”She got a refund for the tickets from her bank and took them to community groups on Facebook to warn others. Calderon and WSMV4 found several other posts and comments by people with similar complaints.
WSMV4 reached out to Dino Fest Marketing CA, the company listed on the event page via Facebook and email, and did not immediately hear…
