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This person sounds completely bogus to me...
Wondering if anyone else has been contacted by him/her/whoever. aryka101 on yahoo this person said they found me on here... here's part of our conversation c**********k (8/10/2006 1:53:39 AM): what's your mm # aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:54:24 AM): pay will be $ 140 per hour.....i am not a photographer, i dont take pics nor am i a website developer - i dont make sites and nor do i have a site of my own and nor am i on MM so no MM ID # - I ONLY HIRE . once i hire you, i will have u do playboy, victorias secret, hollister and since you are into tats and pierceings, i might have even other companies for u- i can either hire u full time (40 hours a week) or part time (10 hours a week) c**********k (8/10/2006 1:55:05 AM): where are you located and do you have a website. aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:55:17 AM): read my full msg aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:55:25 AM): i do mention site in my msg aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:55:27 AM): read it fully aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:55:45 AM): and i hire all over usa, canada, germany and parts of asia - so i can get u to work in any town u live at c**********k (8/10/2006 1:55:57 AM): so who do you work for exactly? aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:56:34 AM): i dont have to work for anyone - i am my own boss aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:56:43 AM): i have my hires work for playboy , VS, hollister, etc. aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:07 AM): ? c**********k (8/10/2006 1:59:16 AM): this just doesnt sound legit to me. aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:22 AM): no problem aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:26 AM): i am not forcing u aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:33 AM): and neither am i telling u that u shuld take the job aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:39 AM): i dont have need or time to prove myself aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:42 AM): its not good to u aryka101 (8/10/2006 1:59:43 AM): then its not c**********k (8/10/2006 1:59:57 AM): alright well then. have a good one. aryka101 (8/10/2006 2:00:04 AM): u too aryka101 (8/10/2006 2:00:05 AM): good luck c**********k (8/10/2006 2:00:10 AM): thanks Aug 10 06 12:49 am Link doesn't sound legit Aug 10 06 12:54 am Link I think your instincts are 100 percent on this one. Aug 10 06 12:57 am Link they never want to play along with me.  donttouchmycooter: my cat just shit all over the floor. aryka101 has signed out. Aug 10 06 12:58 am Link Bad kitty. Aug 10 06 01:00 am Link Haha... dirty kitty. Anyhow, yeah I just wanted to put the name out there. Aug 10 06 01:02 am Link YES! I have had a couple of those. I ended up taking my messenger info off my page because this person or these people have been driving me crazy. They have the same story every time but contact me using different screen names. They claim they saw my page while browsing for a friend but they "lost" my mm id#. Then they ask for it, or what name I'm under. When I tell them I am not giving my info out they get pushy. What is this all about? Aug 10 06 01:03 am Link Unless you're like me and a few other people here who enjoy screwing with random people who IM you with fake webcam interviews, and offers to fly you out to Moscow for a $50,000 photoshoot, take your screenname off your profile. It will save you a headache.  Aug 10 06 01:06 am Link Forgot this.... Another guy emailed me and asked me about working for him. Offered a lot of $. I asked a bunch of questions about companies, references, etc. which he did not answer. He referred me to a photographer "in my area" and I asked that guy the same questions. No answers. He did, however, inform me that under no circumstances was I to bring an escort, unless I brought a female. I'd have to be a moron to fall for something like that. Who are these creeps? Aug 10 06 01:09 am Link Jessi Frances wrote: You just answered your own question. They are just creeps lurking MM. Aug 10 06 01:12 am Link Why, those are the bad guys. Please don't confuse them with us good guys. We're good. Really. We are. Most of the time. But at least we're not those bad guys. And please, take escorts to new shoots. Aug 10 06 01:12 am Link First suggestion take your im id off your page. In a perfect world we wouldn't have gwc, scam artist or perverts trying to take advantage of you or see you nude. This isn't a perfect world. If you want to im people give it out after a few emails are exchanged. With your im id displayed you get the crackpots that haven't registered contacting you. At least mm acts as a filter removing some of the crackpots. They can't contact you if they don't register. My girlfriend is on here as a model and a photographer. It's amazing how many scams people tried to run on her when she had the im id displayed. I've read about 4 out of the 10 or so she has gotten. The one that takes the cake is the guy that wanted her to move to dayton and work as a photog/model for 60k a year. No samples of portraiture, glamour or anything with people on his web page. Just still life. I'm betting he wanted to bob shell her but who knows. Allways trust your gut it usually won't let you down. Aug 10 06 01:14 am Link Cecil Sharps wrote: Dammit. I hate to be ignorant. Aug 10 06 01:15 am Link J Schumacher wrote: To bob shell- basically you find a girl down on her luck, convince her that she is better than sliced bread. Photograph her a few times then hire her to run your studio. 3 months later you start an illicit affair with her. Aug 10 06 01:21 am Link Yeah, I hardly ever get ims. Anyhow, what professional gives no details and messages people offering them jobs at 2 in the morning? He could at least spell piercings correctly and spell out all the words fully like "you" instead of "u". Pet peeve #1 would have to be bad grammar when typing or speaking about jobs or in any professional setting/situation. Aug 10 06 01:27 am Link P.S. Envy love your photos. =o) Aug 10 06 01:29 am Link Wow its 2am in the states. It's 10 am here in sunny sullymaniyah Aug 10 06 01:29 am Link Senora wrote: Hey, when I got hired at my job the HR person and I also talked over AIM and she used abbreviations like "u" instead of "you" had no regard for punctuation, grammar, or spelling and refused to answer any of my questions too! Okay, maybe not.... Aug 10 06 01:30 am Link saw another thread on this clown last night why do you people post your IM names here? and c'mon like its even a question re legitimacy to be contacted via IM? *rolls eyes Aug 10 06 01:34 am Link oldguysrule wrote: Envy does it to tease them. It's a sport. Aug 10 06 01:39 am Link Another model received the same offer earlier today. These fuckers don't quit. Aug 10 06 02:06 am Link Eh, I didn't think about when I first put up my profile. It's gone now. Aug 10 06 02:10 am Link totally bogus. Aug 10 06 02:11 am Link Aussie Guevara wrote: and you invite it by posting your AIM screenname. so you really cannot blame them for trying. its like wearin naught but a simple thong into a bar and then bitchin when someone stares at your tits or your ass. kinda like duh.... no? Aug 10 06 02:15 am Link Sometimes you post it with out thinking like I did and forget that it's there and other times you would simply like to think that not all people are scammers. Speaking of chicks who wear a thong out and expect not to be looked at... man one night at a bar this girl wore a bra and panties and a seethrough dress and a pair of boots. Girl was asking for trouble. Aug 10 06 02:20 am Link If he cannot properly spell "you" then I wouldn't think him legit. Aug 10 06 05:35 am Link Cecil Sharps wrote: You left out getting a position at SHUTTERBUG as a contributing editor. Aug 10 06 05:57 am Link U ALL R BEIN UNFARE. ITS HARD 2 TPE ONE HANDED Aug 10 06 07:38 am Link LOL, of course it's not legit! what legit scout would contact you through AIM or any other messenger without giving prior notice!? LOL Aug 10 06 08:00 am Link Envy wrote: I think I just split something laughing. That's it, I can stop surfing the internet, I just found the funniest thing ever. Aug 10 06 08:06 am Link There was a thread on this last month as well...different name but the person was saying the same thing..blah blahh blahh.. I personally took my e-mail and IAM off my page...but then again it was only one particular troll that made me do that... Anyway I like Envy's response the best...that was some funny shit.. Aug 10 06 08:10 am Link VS?? sure. I see lots of tattoos and piercings there! Aug 10 06 08:16 am Link Is Playboy, VS, et al having so much trouble finding models these days that they need to rely on this guy pulling through for them? Aug 10 06 08:16 am Link I've had them too. Crazy people. I normally just say "no MM #, no conversation." and block them. Maybe that should be something MM does...make your IM names only available to members....for the people who want others on MM to be able to contact them via IM. Aug 10 06 08:18 am Link Can't be legit...the communications are childishly written... Aug 10 06 08:23 am Link Senora wrote: YES, SOMEONE ELSE HAS - HE CONTACTED CHRISTINE SUMMERS YESTERDAY... Aug 10 06 08:29 am Link I hope the moderators read this: I have had offers to become an escort and that they paid really good... coedescort(s)[email protected] I think they were... Also had somebody offer to buy my used underwear/lingerie for money here...they both got my e-mail address here off of MM because I post it on my profile page... I have only been a member for 2 months so both these incidents are very recent OH YEAH, GET THIS...the perv that wanted to buy my used lingerie was "a friend of somebody on MM, and he saw my pics when the friend was scrolling looking at models" but he refused to give me his friends MM#...the escort service just sent me one big email but wasnt pushy like the underwear guy. Aug 10 06 08:35 am Link This aryka101 guy uses a few different names, but the talk is always the same. He always claims he isn't a photographer (convenient, doesn't have to show any work), claims he just hires (yeah, that's how top publications find their model on AOL LOL!). Always mentions the same 3 or 4 magazines. If you take the bait, he then wants you to send him nudie pics and then come audition for him (scary). You really need to report him. Aug 10 06 08:41 am Link Wow this whole forums kinda scary.... anywho the whole message thing I dont think you guys should put your messengers on your pages since its causing some trouble..if someone on MM is interested in working with you they can tag or message you here and if they find talking on a messenger easier than phone or messaging back and forth threw MM than give the messenger address out. I didn't know how bad women get it..... I wish you guys didnt have to get it so badly Aug 10 06 08:45 am Link Cecil Sharps wrote: Oh please... that guy is local to me and I've read more details of that case than I care to. Aug 10 06 08:53 am Link |
