Community Events Seeking Vendors Bring Out Social Media Scammers

With Winterfest events coming to Lake City and Cadillac soon, social media scams have been caught misleading local vendors.

Cadillac’s Winterfest will take place at Resurrection Life Church on Jan. 30.

Meanwhile, a larger-scale festival under the same name will be held in Lake City on Feb. 5.

Reports of scams related to these events have been circulating on Facebook.

Scammers are asking vendors for their payment information in Messenger and using false addresses.

The Cadillac Chamber of Commerce warns community members to look out for red flags on these posts.

Administrative Assistant Bethany Miller says looking a little closer at the user’s page can help distinguish if they’re legitimate or not.

“Just really pay attention to if there’s, you know, common factors and you know, pay attention to the addresses and the email addresses and stuff that are on there,” said Miller. “Those are going to be your biggest clues that it’s fraud.”

If you are interested in being a vendor or visiting an upcoming winter event, you can contact the or the