LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Facebook scammer is posing as a popular Louisville vintage market and ripping people off who try to become vendors.

Fleur de Flea Vintage Market's upcoming outdoor market at Waterfront Plaza on Labor Day weekend has become a target for a scammer. 

Lisa Porter helped start the outdoor market at Waterfront Park 10 years ago. Now someone on Facebook is trying to use the market to scam people.

"It's been really hard, and I'm spending hours a day trying to eliminate things on our page," Porter said. "And we're trying to always constantly get the word out."

The scammer created a fake event that looks legit. There is thousands of likes and similar wording, but the date and organizer are wrong.

"We're just concerned on how many people are going to show up on September 7 thinking the event is going to be that day when it's August 31 and they will have already missed the real event," Porter said.

The scammer also tries to post on the actual event page using fake profiles.

"She says 'we are still accepting vendors, we have limited spots available, please message me for more information,'" Porter said. "That is a scam because we would never do that."

Fleur de Flea isn't alone.

Tisha Gainey runs an event planning and catering company. She said a scammer also created a fake event for Germantown Oktoberfest.

"Try to manage it and you can't, you can report it all day long, but nothing is happening," Gainey said.

Both Porter and Gainey have reported the scammers to Facebook, and even LMPD. But they say there's seemingly no end in sight.

"You can't post the word, vendor or ticket without automatically getting a scammer," Gainey said.

They encourage people to look closely at Facebook event and posts.

"We hate that they have to do their homework but they're going to have to do their homework in order to find out if it's legit or not," Porter said.

To learn more about Fleur de Flea's outdoor event on Aug. 31, click here. 

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