An event on ticketing site Fatsoma claiming to be this year’s Safer Sex Ball has been revealed as a scam.
The event, which claims to be being held on the 11th December at the Westpoint Arena, was discovered by a member of Exeter RAG. Westpoint Arena have confirmed that they do not have an event of that nature booked on that date.
Advance tickets for the fake event were being sold for £24. The event was claiming to be hosted by Exeter Exclusive.
The Students’ Guild have also confirmed that no SSB event will even be taking place this year or next.
In response to the discovery of the event, a Guild spokesperson said, “The existence of an event of the scale of the SSB promoting itself to Exeter Students from a promoter with no apparent track record was concerning, but to find out that there was no booking at the venue was alarming. We would strongly advise students not to buy tickets for this event until more information about the promoters and the specifics of the event itself are available.”
Exeter University’s Big Band society was booked to play at the event. The band were contacted in mid-October by the event’s organisers, Exeter Exclusive, but were not told of the event’s planned title. Instead, they were booked to play at a ‘ball’ at Westpoint Arena for an agreed fee of £250 and were told to expect large crowds.
Having not been able to find any information on the company, Big Band President Sam Washer, later received an email explaining that the event was cancelled with no explanation of why.
Washer told Exeposé: “It’s a bizarre situation to be in as a President. But it goes to show the importance of knowing who/what you’re performing to before you get too involved!”
Owen Keating, News Editor and Olivia Luder, Online Editor
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