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Morgan Smith-Stroud

Posts: 2

Hi there,

I just received an email today from a company called 'DEOLA SAGOE FASHION', asking me to do a fashion show in Paris in September.

I was wondering if anyone had heard of them and they were a credible company, as they said they'd seen my profile on here.

Any info would be most welcome.

Many thanks.

Much Love

Morgan

Aug 15 06 03:52 pm Link

Photographer

SayCheeZ!

Posts: 20637

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Most likely one of the many Nigerian 419 scams that are going around.
Most have the same motus operandi, just under different names.

Check the following threads to see if they look familiar:

https://modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=47374

https://www.modelmayhem.com/search.php? … ion=search

https://www.modelmayhem.com/search.php? … ion=search

https://www.modelmayhem.com/posts.php?thread_id=47355

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=i … n+419+scam

and don't forget to have fun with those scammers at:
www.419eater.com

Aug 15 06 03:59 pm Link

Model

Morgan Smith-Stroud

Posts: 2

This is what the e-mail said...

Good day to You,

We at DEOLA SAGOE FASHION HOUSE LTD  are pleased to introduce you to yet another edition of our beauty /fashion show tagged 'ONE STYLE FITS ALL' .We go around Africa/world yearly to recruit talented people like yourself because we believe in the saying that 'variety is the spice of life' ,Hence,we believe that when we have people from diverse backgrounds and diverse cultures which arises from different nationalities and different trainings in your specific field,it brings about more glamour and glitz to our shows.

The concept of our show is to bring a lot of talents from around the world.There will be loads of designers like Dolce&Gabanna,Tommy Hilfiger,Salvatore Ferragamo,TM Lewin&sons,Prada,Gucci,Ralph Lauren and a whole lot of others and you will work with them to make this show a success.

This show is gonna be holding in PARIS for 3 days btw sept 13th and sept 16th.We are at the moment recruiting models,dancers,photographers,beauticians,videographers,ushers,actors/actresses,etc.

All accomodation,flight and insurance will be handled by us for your full comfort.Moreso,you will be paid upfront.We will send the sum of 500£ for now and you will receive the balance sum of 500£ after the show.
 
You will be required to fill the form attached below and also send us a couple of your work for a brief review.Once that has been assessed,you will receive an email confirming your employment and also notifying you as to when you will your first instamental payment.

So far so good,you are qualified for our position and hence we have decided to contact you and let you know that it will be a honour for us if you work with us.

You will be required to fill this employment form and return back to us asap to confirm your employment.

Its real and legit and we have our own way of verifing  information given to
us to ascertain if its genuine or otherwise.We also have security agents working with us in collaboration with the FBI,Scotland Yard and INTERPOL just in case you turn out to be a cheat.Just in case you are wondering,I got your email via
the MODEL MAYHEM website.

http://generationnubian.blogspot.com/20 … -show.html
http://www.capetownfashionweek.co.za/de … aSagoe.asp
http://fashion.psfk.com/2006/06/deola_sagoe_afr.html

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
PAUL SMITH,
RECRUITMENT DIRECTOR,
DEOLA SAGOE FASHION
HOUSE LIMITED,
12,ILOJO CRESENT
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
+234-80-244-38532
+234-1-4765962


It also has an online application form attached....Is this Legit ??????

Aug 15 06 04:07 pm Link

Photographer

A Traveler

Posts: 5506

San Francisco, California, US

no it is a well known scam.

Aug 15 06 05:45 pm Link