Wedding Planner Scam

Wedding service providers deal with bridezillas, crazy in-laws and drunken bridesmaids every weekend and are likely unfazed by most of the commotion that goes along with taking the plunge. Photographers, wedding singers, planners and florist beware; scammers are out to get you this wedding season. With a common scam technique used, these service providers are being tricked out of hard earned money, all in hopes of being booked for a weekend affair.

This scam unfolds as many others have in the past, but have been coming from West Africa scammers who are posing as bride or grooms to be in search of a wedding photographer, coordinator, etc. The scammer will then give fake information as to where and when the wedding will take place and send a cashiers check in an amount well over what the service provider has asked for in advance. Then, the scammer asks that the person deposit the check and send the remaining balance back to them. However, the check is inevitably a fake and the so-called balance will come out of the service provider’s pocket. To make matters worse, they will have booked a fake event, thus missing out on other, more lucrative career opportunities.

Joe Wein has more on wedding photographers getting scammed.