Phishing and Pirate Scams

What is a "housing pirate"?

Commonly referred to as "housing pirates" or "housing bandits," these companies contact attendees and exhibitors by phone, fax, or email, claiming to offer good deals on hotel rooms. They may falsely claim to be affiliated with AACC.

AACC will never contact you about Annual Meeting hotels or housing. Unless you have initiated the communication, please do not disclose your personal information to anyone, especially your credit card number. If you provide your credit card information to one of these companies, your card may be charged, and there is no guarantee that you will have a room available upon arrival.

What is phishing?

Since the return of in-person meetings, there has been an exponential increase in mailing list scams across the association industry.

Remember, no matter how realistic these emails may appear, they are all scams. NO ONE HAS OUR ATTENDEE LIST. Those lists are not shared; typically, what you get is something gleaned from a Google search, if relevant.

IMPORTANT: Check the sender's email address. If it is not from a name @aacc, nche.edu, it is not from AACC. 

Pirates most likely scrape websites and/or social media, copying the organization's logo in an attempt to trick you. 

Reporting fraud

If contacted by someone asking if you need a room at AACC or representing themselves as the "AACC Housing Bureau," or as a representative that can sell our attendee list to you, please obtain as much information as possible, including the company's name, the person's name, the company's address, email address, and telephone number. The more information you can collect, the better it is for us to stop them from contacting others. Please request information on hotel availability and rates, or have them email it to you.

Contact aaccconvention@aacc.nche.edu with all the details you can provide.

As we are made aware of pirates, we will post their information on this page.

Known Pirates List

Ashley, 315-609-0049
Camila Anderson, c.andersoncubextechnology c.andersoncubextechnology@gmail.com
Smith Bucklin, smith_b@exposmanager.com 
Stella Baker, Business Development, stella.baker@goeshowglobe.com
Esme Clark, esme.clark@teamviser.biz 
Angela Gibian, Business Development, angela.gibian@htsglobe.com
Oliver Gomez, 702-508-0950, https://directory.youmail.com/phone/702-508-0950
Emma Hughes, Event Marketing Coordinator, Nashville, TN, emmahugs46796@gmail.com 
Sara James, Marketing Executive, visitor2@visitorlistz.com
Sophia Jones, sophia.jones@goeshowglobe.com
Stella Kessler, Marketing Executive, stella.visitorsdata@gmail.com
Luna (571) 584-0377
Henry Murphy, Events Housing Centers, 702-799-9683
Emma Pearson, Manager, Event Communications and Planning, emma_pearson@informashows.com
Nadine Rivera, Attendee List Consultant, nadine.rivera@ozivi.live  
Abigail Sullivan, Business Analyst, abigail.sullivan@tradeshowsmagnets.com 
Jolene Torres, jolene.torres@upcome.biz
Alejandro Vasque, Sr. Event Coordinator - alejandro.vasque@outlook.com
Frank Wilson, Optima Global Solution, frank.wilson@optimaglobalsolution.com 
Zoey, Events Housing Planners (EHP) - (702) 766-1936
Events Housing Planners (EHP) - (702) 508-6549
smith.bucklin@exposmanager.com