Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Fake Bridal Show?!

The wedding world has been blindsided by the largest wedding show scam. Boston 411 was created, inviting brides to be as well as numerous others to a Spring Home & Bridal Show this past weekend. Approximately 900 vendors and brides were tricked into registering on the fake website to be a part of the 'extravagent' New England show, promising to be one of the best shows in the area. When registering for tickets ranging from $10 - $15 attendees were promised a goodie bag and their name to be entered into a draw for various big ticket prizes. Things got a bit fishy when investigators heard of vendors calling and emailing, requesting their 'set up time' from the venue, only to hear from the Convention Centre that "no such show was scheduled". Boston 411 covered all of the basics, even setting up a fake phone number to answer any questions potential visitors might have. The timing of this scam was perfect... Capturing the excited brides to be right after the big Valentine's Day proposals.
Police and FBI Cyber Crime units are still investigating.

**A LESSON FOR ALL BRIDES**
If it's too good to be true, it just might be! Do your research!!!!

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