Scam Alert : Rose Harold, “Cake Baker Needed”

A lot of our cake vendors received an email like this one, on Thursday morning (about ~20 got through before the system blocked the address)

Hello,

As just been referred to you, My wedding is coming up in few weeks. I need you to make a cake for me. I will have my shipper arrange for the pick up.

Get back to me with your cost and method of payment.

Regards, Rose.

Vendor Beware : this has all the elements of the classic email scam. We suggest not bothering with it or, if you did, delivering nothing until you have received full payment which has definitely cleared the bank. Under no circumstances should you “refund” this person or any of their “agents” any money!!

niko

About niko

Nicholas ("everyone calls me 'Niko'" ) Lourotos is an original founder and the managing partner of Bridal Network Inc. (2001) He launched the first online wedding directory in Canada in 1995 (remember? when we still used modems!) and has happily remained in this space ever since. These days, he prefers to be called the "Network Manager". A suitably vague job description which allows him to float a lot, talk to people a lot, go to lunch a lot, brainstorm a lot and blog a lot - and generally oversee the network and try to keep his finger on the pulse of the industry.
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