Beware of Hotel, Exhibit & Attendee List Scams

Scam offers to AWP Conference & Bookfair exhibitors and sponsors are on the rise. Individuals or organizations may contact you under the guise that they represent AWP and ask you to verify your exhibit details or personal information, try to sell you AWP attendee lists, or try to offer marked-up hotel reservations. These offers are all fraudulent. 

If you are contacted by phone from a 315 or 332 area code, do not answer the call or return any voicemail they may leave you. These area codes are known for scam attempts. Please find a list below of known scammers. If you are in contact with any of the following individuals or companies, please cease communication and block their number or email address. 

Known scammers include but are not limited to the following: Jessica Richard, Jane Foster, Rebecca Tyson, Raquel Murillo, Sasha Grey, Jacob Parker, Jordan Decker, Jules Wilson, Rose Wilson, Christy Wilson, Hazel Wilson, Julia Anna, Lilly Smith, Diana Craft, Amy Turnbill, ExploPlanner, Expo Managers, Business Travel Bureau, and Exhibitor's Hub. 

As AWP learns of new scam attempts, we send cease and desist letters and report this phishing activity to the Federal Trade Commission and the Maryland Attorney General. AWP does not sell or trade attendee lists, and we do not share your personal information. These fraudulent companies or individuals use our public exhibitor list to find publicly available phone numbers and email addresses and are impersonating AWP staff by using our logo. To keep yourself safe, please always be aware of the following: 

• AWP will always email you from an email address ending in @awpwriter.org.
• Exhibitors may be contacted on AWP’s behalf by our general services contractor, Shepard Exposition Services, with emails ending in @shepardes.com.
• Check AWP’s staff page to ensure that a message is being sent directly from AWP.
• AWP will never contact you with hotel information. To view legitimate AWP hotel blocks, registered attendees can go to the Attendee Service Center