03-01-2010, 09:00 PM
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watch out for this advert in your town or on Facebook if you have friends who could be drawn in. 
from Boston Herald:
Cops: Boston brides duped by wedding show scam
Monday, March 1, 2010 - Updated 4h ago
Boston police and the FBI say at least 6,000 brides-to-be and wedding vendors have been duped by a “non-existent convention” called The Boston 411 Home and Bridal Show 2010.
Advertised on Facebook and weddingwire.com as “New England’s biggest and most extravagant bridal show,” the convention claimed to be booked at the Hynes Convention Center March 5-7.
In fact, the Hynes is hosting the annual assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine on those dates.
Pre-paid admission passes were sold for $10 and $15, and attendees were promised “a welcome bag of goodies” and “a chance to win fabulous gifts and prizes” on the show’s bogus Web site. The show’s contact number goes to a voice mail.
Authorities said the scam artists were also selling advertising space in the show program for up to $450.
photo is their advert:
4082fb_ltp411wedding.jpg (Size: 75.95 KB / Downloads: 36)
from Boston Herald:
Cops: Boston brides duped by wedding show scam
Monday, March 1, 2010 - Updated 4h ago
Boston police and the FBI say at least 6,000 brides-to-be and wedding vendors have been duped by a “non-existent convention” called The Boston 411 Home and Bridal Show 2010.
Advertised on Facebook and weddingwire.com as “New England’s biggest and most extravagant bridal show,” the convention claimed to be booked at the Hynes Convention Center March 5-7.
In fact, the Hynes is hosting the annual assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine on those dates.
Pre-paid admission passes were sold for $10 and $15, and attendees were promised “a welcome bag of goodies” and “a chance to win fabulous gifts and prizes” on the show’s bogus Web site. The show’s contact number goes to a voice mail.
Authorities said the scam artists were also selling advertising space in the show program for up to $450.
photo is their advert:
4082fb_ltp411wedding.jpg (Size: 75.95 KB / Downloads: 36)