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PhotoShoot in TX SCAM · 05-02-2009, 12:50 AM

I have a question for you. Someone sent me this message -

Hello, Am John James, i have a modeling paid job for you, if you are interesting get back to me for more detail at (modeljobs11@yahoo.co.uk) I will be waiting for your quick response.

I then responded and he sent me this email -

Hello,
Thanks for your response. Am a model agency in United Kingdom, our company is ready to sponsor the BEAUTIFUL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (BLG) that are coming for the shooting. The shooting will hold at a rented photographer studio in Houston (TEXAS), you don't have to bother about the traveling cost and accommodations, all this are provided for you in a five star hotel. As soon as you are set your ticket will be send to you and you will be picked up immediately at the airport as soon as you arrived. The name and address of the studio will be forward to you before the shooting. To let you know, The Company is leasing out the sum of $1,780 for your payment before your arrival to the Texas. The Company is leasing out this amount to all the models that may have interest in this offer. All the materials to be use will be provided by the Company. But before the Shooting the Company will be giving out part of your payment which is $400 through Check to be rest assured.The shooting is photo shoot and the total paid for the shooting is $1,780. But we are gonna give you part of your payment which is $400 before the shooting to be assure that the shooting is gonna be hold, and the trip is gonna be 2 days. The shooting date is on 16th and 17th of May 2009 but the check will be including the studio rented fee which you will send to the studio through western union after you have cashed the check. The payment will be mailed directly to you, and immediately you have it i will instruct you and give you the studio agents name you will send the studio rented fee to. Then you will be paid the balance immediately after the shooting. Hope this is quite clear. Please I'd like you to check your email on a regular basis, i might have updates you. If you have go through all these and understand this very well, you can reply back to me as soon as possible with the details required below. You can call me to this number +447031929807 for any question regarding the shooting.

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Regards.

Does this look like a legit model job to you? What do you think about this? Please let me know, b/c I recieved info about this job through mymodeltalk.com... I just want to make sure that this is not a scam.. and that nothing bad will happen. Thank you sincerely for your time.

Nicolina Converso

austinmodelsandtalent · 05-06-2009, 10:04 AM

Hopefully models will come to realize that a real paying client, unless it is some guy in his garage who just bought a new camera at the local discount store, are not going to hire someone sight unseen after surfing to a (amateur) photo or two of them on the Internet. The times I see these types of things posted, often the poster has one or two photos on display that they took in the bathroom mirror... and they're questioning whether or not they just got offered some thousand dollar plus print job for "a major catalog." It's 100% common sense.

Pictures and a portfolio do not come first: education does. Most major markets have basic audition classes available that provide an introduction into the industry. Without some education first in how this business works, you can have all the photos in the world and will still fail.

Modeling and acting are a business and as such, they require some initial training.