Some actors think all actor workshops are scams. If you want to differentiate between those that could be useful and the planned scams, Bonnie Gillespie lays it all out for you in her CD Workshop Caution blog post. Her target are NYC CDs who take money for events that won’t get you into an audition room and are even more expensive than those in Los Angeles.
For more discussion on how you can protect yourself, read this.
Professional Actors Resource Forum (PARF) 