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FemCon 2015

FemCon 2015

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FemCon 2015 is the name of a fake feminist-themed conference purportedly scheduled to take place in New York City in late August 2015. Following the launch of the ticket sales for the event in July, the conference was soon revealed to be a hoaxical scam orchestrated by users of 4chan.

Origin

In July 2015, a page titled "FemCon" was created on the e-commerce platform Sellfy,[1] which sold $50 tickets for an event described as a feminist-themed conference to be held in late August in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City (shown below).


SellfySearch Log in Sign up Duy now FemCon 2015 Ticket Purchase $50 Buy Now You will get TXT file 227.0bytes FemConzo15 Creeted by Are you selling on Sellty FEMCON 2015 FemCon will be held from August 19-21 in Chesea, New York at the Red Door NYC. This is an opportunity for us to gather and tackle the critical issues on NOWs agenda and shape the future of women's rights. Additionally, this year's conference will give NOW activists the opportunity to address our bylaws and FemCon is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion We do not tolerate harassment of conference particlpants in any form. Sesoual language and imagery s not appropriate for any conference venue, Including talks. Conference particlpants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund

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Hoax Discovery

On July 26th, a gallery was created on Imgur[8] containing screenshots from a purported FemCon Tinychat room, revealing that 4chan users orchestrated the event as a hoax. That day, Twitter[2] user @resoluteCourier[6] tweeted screenshots from 4chan posts planning the hoax, alerting readers that the event was a scam (shown below). That day, other Twitter users posting warnings about the event with the hashtag "#FemCon2015."[7] Shortly after, the FemCon Twitter feed and Sellfy page were removed.


The Space Bunny @resoluteCourier Follow BEWARE: FemCon scam being orchestrated by 4Chan な! Follow FemCon 2015 OFemcon2015 FemCon will be held from August 19-21. This is an opportunity for us to gather and tackle the critical issues on NOW's agenda. #FemCon2015 ? New York θ sellfy.com/p/UIMN/ 4 FOLLOWING80 FOLLOWERS But what is going to happen is we are going to have a ticket selling system. We rake in the money and the ones who put the most effort into this scam will get a cut of the money, Basically im going to set up a payment page and we will spread the money after the gay par ana we keep tne money to our selves Tweets Media Favorites FemCon 2015 eFemcon2015 @pierceveils Hi there! Could you RT us to show us your support for our cause! #FemCon2015 43m If this takes off i will create a tinychat for us to plot and scheme Get designing art for the selling of t3 the tickets and we will get rich You know how much dashenn 193 7:34 PM 26 Jul 2015

News Media Coverage

In the coming days, several news sites reported about the hoax, including BuzzFeed,[3] The Daily Dot[4] and The Mary Sue.[5]

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External References

[1] Sellfy – Femcon

[2] Twitter – @dragona131

[3] BuzzFeed – 4chan Set Up A Fake Feminist Event To Scam Women For Money

[4] The Daily Dot – The Internet was too smart to fall for 4chans fake feminist convention

[5] The Mary Sue – 4Channers Attempt to Scam Feminists With

[6] Twitter – @resoluteCourier

[7] Twitter – #FemCon2015

[8] Imgur – Femcon Tinychat caps

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