Public warned Summer Safari WaterPark posts on Facebook may be fake

Plans to bring a water park to cities in Britain this summer appear to be fake the public is being warned.
The photo used to promote Summer Safari WaterPark 2016 is actually from Wild Island Adventure Park in Nevada, USAThe photo used to promote Summer Safari WaterPark 2016 is actually from Wild Island Adventure Park in Nevada, USA
The photo used to promote Summer Safari WaterPark 2016 is actually from Wild Island Adventure Park in Nevada, USA

A series of events that have appeared on Facebook named ‘Summer Safari WaterPark 2016’ bear a striking resemblance to a previous string of fake events that were designed to lure people to spammy marketing websites.

The Facebook event postings popped up over the weekend claiming the water park will be coming to Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Leicester, Oxford, Cambridge and Sheffield, as well as other areas across the UK.

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Thousands of people have already said they’re interested in going to the event.

In March 2016, a series of events titled ‘Total Wipeout Tour’ appeared on Facebook asking people to register for various Facebook events across the UK that would replicate popular TV show Total Wipeout. However the events simply directed attendees to spammy marketing websites, claiming they needed to part with their personal information in order to register for the events.

And this latest batch of Facebook events, all of them titled “Summer Safari WaterPark 2016” then followed by the city name appear identically suspicious.

Just like previous fake events, there are no contact details for the people apparently organising the series of events other than a free web-based Gmail address. There is no phone number, company name, physical address or any other information that could identify the people behind the Facebook events.

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Additionally, the photo used to illustrate the events is from Wild Island Adventure Park in Nevada, USA.

On the Facebook event it states: “We will be secluding off an area to host our outdoor Water Park in your city, so lets Get Wet n Crazy. This Summer 2016.”

It claims those attending will expect water rides, slides, rapids, flumes and a mini-beach.

It also states: “Please note we do NOT request any data information, once we have licensing permission from the councils in every city, locations and exact dates will be disclosed.”