An upcoming fireworks event in Great Yarmouth is believed to be a scam.
A Facebook page called SparkFest Great Yarmouth has been promoting a public fireworks event at the Beaconsfield Recreation Ground on Saturday, November 4 from 5.30pm.
Tickets have been available for the event on the website RSVPify, with adult general admission costing £5 and child general admission at £2. There is also a Yapsody website where tickets can be purchased.
Today (November 1), the Sparkfest Facebook posted images of a funfair being installed in a grassy area, with a message reading: "WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF FUN.
"The funfair is starting to take shape. And we are SO EXCITED."
However, our reporter visited Beaconsfield Recreation Ground this morning, and nothing has been set up.
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Posts from a Facebook page titled 'SparkFest Great Yarmouth' have promoted an event at the park featuring a fireworks display, theme park rides and food from the Stratford-Upon-Avon company takeaway, the Lazy Pig Co and another takeaway called Gyros Express.
A member of The Lazy Pig's Facebook team has commented on posts made by Sparkfest that they will not be attending and they believe the event is a scam.
It is believed the scam account has been operating for the past year posing as different events across the country, including a Christmas Festival of Light event in Cosham, Portsmouth and an Enchanted Forest event in Braintree, Essex, both in November 2022.
Norfolk Trading Standards and Norfolk Constabulary have been contacted.
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