not rich people, you know, we saved for this, and it was a bucket list item. >> reporter: for months phillips was led to believe she purchased a cruise from bender from cruise one, but when the day came around weekend bender was -- bender was nowhere to be found. >> these are all the invoices. >> reporter: bender not only too the money but created fake documents to throw victims off the scent. >> we bragged to our friends and everything, and now i feel embarrassed. >> reporter: pamela had known bender for 20 years and booked cruises are her before, so when she took her for $3,700 as well she was shocked to say the least. >> we finally kept calling her and saying we need the vouchers. delivered, like phillips tickets, were fake. we reached out to cruise one for comment, and didn't receive a response, but we learned bender has since been let go, but neither victim is expected to get their money back, and even worse detectives don't believe they're the last ones to come forward. in pinellas park, abc action news. >>> and now to an incredible story out of iowa. a wedding dress in a box debris. po