Forums > General Industry > This IM has to be a joke,I just want assurance lol

Model

Miz Laura

Posts: 17

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

aryka101: hello - i saw your pics on MM - i am interested in hiring you for PAID modeling job - let me know if you are looking for a job
aura: yes I'm interested
aryka101: ok - as i said - i am hiring for paid job and the pay will be  $ 150 per hour - once i hire you, i will have you do playboy, victorias secret, and hollister - i am not a photographers, i dont take pics - i am not a website developer , i dont make websites - i am not on MM either, i only went on MM to hire  -   i hire all over the world, so i can get you to work in any town you live at - i can hire you for full time (40 hours per week) or part time (10 hours a week)
aura: wow that's an impressive offer
aryka101: yes -- that is why i hire different to make sure i get the best person for job -- to get hired, first you need to do multiple webcam auditions starting right now then 1 in person audition and then 1 in perosn interview -  the reason i have you do cam auditions before in person audition is because i hire all over the world - so that means that i get on average about 100 girls a day asking for the job and for me to audition them - now i dont have time to go audition all those girls in person right away - so i screen on cam auditions before in person audition
aura: how do i know you're legit
aryka101: i dont have time for fake things -- i get on average about 100 girls asking me to hire them each day, i dont have time nor a need for fake things
aryka101: and i am not here to prove myself either
aryka101: so if you dont like it -- i am more then happy to hire other girls
aryka101: only reason i had hand picked you for job was because
aryka101: your pics and looks impressed
aryka101: and i did think based on your pics that u have the looks to make it big
aryka101: i never hand pick anyone just like that
aryka101: i probly only hand pick maybe 2 girls a day whom i personally message
aryka101: and u were one of them
aura: well since you're in the business then you understand my hesitancy due to all the fakes and freaks out there out there pretending to be something they're not

Sep 20 06 01:04 am Link

Model

Nicholi

Posts: 793

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

obviously fake.

Sep 20 06 01:06 am Link

Model

Clair Loran

Posts: 1468

San Francisco, California, US

haha..I got the same IM, friend.  Except mine was from "modelingjob101." 

Don't talk to those weirdos, they are just trying to get you on cam and talk you out of your clothes.

Sep 20 06 01:06 am Link

Photographer

Ransomaniac

Posts: 12588

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

You let that conversation go on for WAY too long.

Sep 20 06 01:07 am Link

Photographer

Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Sorry,  I want assurances that dogs can lick themselves.

Oh,  wow, that was good.

Sep 20 06 01:08 am Link

Model

Miz Laura

Posts: 17

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

actually it's rather amusing to string him along

Sep 20 06 01:10 am Link

Photographer

Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Ha,  I knew your game all along.

Sep 20 06 01:12 am Link

Model

Miz Laura

Posts: 17

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

aryka101: ok
aryka101: so whats your decision
aryka101: if you dont want it --- i am giong to move and go hire others who want job
aryka101: ?
aura: what does your webcam audition consist of?
aryka101: all auditions test for ability to follow directions and ability to do playboy, victorias secret, hollister
aura: and let me take a guess that the directions would involve removal of clothing
aryka101: it is strictly playboy (which is nudity) - victorias secret (which is lingerie) and hollister (which is fashion)
aura: ah yes very typical you are lol
aryka101: how so
aura: you claim to be something you can't back up, become defensive, become pushy, ask for nudity on a webcam, and offer jobs that are tottally out of league, O and then you just going to try the threatening again of well then I'll just offer this to some other chic
aryka101: i dont have no threats
aryka101: nor do i offer out of league job
aryka101: that is the standard rate for playboy work
aryka101: and i am not here to rip u off by paying u les
aryka101: less*
aryka101: so no worries
aryka101: take care since u are trying to just insult me
aryka101: and call me fake
aryka101: good bye
aura: "I dont have no threats'?
aura: nor a grammer education
aryka101: thats fine
aryka101: pls insult some more
aryka101: if that makes u a bigger person
aryka101: great
aryka101: enjoy
aura: I shall, have a great night

Sep 20 06 01:18 am Link

Photographer

Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Sorry,  I am here.  I wrote that,  why repeat it to me.

Sep 20 06 01:19 am Link

Model

Miz Laura

Posts: 17

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

I wondering how many chics fall for that crap. It's so tempting to fall for but then reality kicks in and goes what the hell are you thinking?

Sep 20 06 01:23 am Link

Photographer

Boho Hobo

Posts: 25351

Santa Barbara, California, US

Isabell wrote:
I wondering how many chics fall for that crap. It's so tempting to fall for but then reality kicks in and goes what the hell are you thinking?

K.  so honestly, you didn't really need an assurance that it was fake past the hello part, right?

Sep 20 06 01:26 am Link

Photographer

Ransomaniac

Posts: 12588

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

KM von Seidl wrote:

K.  so honestly, you didn't really need an assurance that it was fake past the hello part, right?

I should hope so.

Sep 20 06 01:29 am Link

Photographer

Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

Isabell wrote:
I wondering how many chics fall for that crap. It's so tempting to fall for but then reality kicks in and goes what the hell are you thinking?

Sorry,  I want to say just you but it is actually more than we care to admit.
Your post, though I make fun of is actually needed to remind the humans that there are bad humans out there.


And nieve humans too.

Sep 20 06 01:30 am Link

Photographer

Arizona Shoots

Posts: 28807

Phoenix, Arizona, US

I know who this is. Boy did you blow it. This guy is for real. Trust me on this.

Hmmmm.. you're very pretty. Tell you what. I'll help out with some damage control. Get on the webcam for me and do exactly as I say. I will forward him some of the screencaps with an explanation and an appology. Hopefully, I can talk him into giving you another chance.

Whaddayasay?

Sep 20 06 01:33 am Link

Photographer

Jack D Trute

Posts: 4558

New York, New York, US

John Jebbia wrote:
I know who this is. Boy did you blow it. This guy is for real. Trust me on this.

Hmmmm.. you're very pretty. Tell you what. I'll help out with some damage control. Get on the webcam for me and do exactly as I say. I will forward him some of the screencaps with an explanation and an appology. Hopefully, I can talk him into giving you another chance.

Whaddayasay?

Sorry, I know you?

Sep 20 06 01:33 am Link

Photographer

Arizona Shoots

Posts: 28807

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Jack D Trute wrote:
Sorry, I know you?

* [Whispering]Shhhhh! I'm trying to get her naked. Don't blow it.

Sep 20 06 01:39 am Link

Model

Ashley Burnett

Posts: 12

Dallas, Georgia, US

I just got the same thing. Ridiculous.

Sep 20 06 01:39 am Link

Photographer

La Seine by the Hudson

Posts: 8587

New York, New York, US

And people have fallen for this? (This is so many shades of obvious it's pitiful, actually.)

*banging head, banging head, banging head....*



Glad our OP didn't.

Sep 20 06 03:11 am Link

Photographer

Boho Hobo

Posts: 25351

Santa Barbara, California, US

Marko Cecic-Karuzic wrote:
And people have fallen for this? (This is so many shades of obvious it's pitiful, actually.)

*banging head, banging head, banging head....*



Glad our OP didn't.

Yeah, but I wonder if this is going to end up as a sleazy photographer story.

Sep 20 06 03:23 am Link

Photographer

Archived

Posts: 13509

Phoenix, Arizona, US

Everyone knows that's how girls get in Playboy.

Sep 20 06 03:28 am Link

Photographer

far away

Posts: 4326

Jackson, Alabama, US

Isabell wrote:
aryka101: hello - i saw your pics on MM - i am interested in hiring you for PAID modeling job - let me know if you are looking for a job
aura: yes I'm interested
aryka101: ok - as i said - i am hiring for paid job and the pay will be  $ 150 per hour - once i hire you, i will have you do playboy, victorias secret, and hollister - i am not a photographers, i dont take pics - i am not a website developer , i dont make websites - i am not on MM either, i only went on MM to hire  -   i hire all over the world, so i can get you to work in any town you live at - i can hire you for full time (40 hours per week) or part time (10 hours a week)
aura: wow that's an impressive offer
aryka101: yes -- that is why i hire different to make sure i get the best person for job -- to get hired, first you need to do multiple webcam auditions starting right now then 1 in person audition and then 1 in perosn interview -  the reason i have you do cam auditions before in person audition is because i hire all over the world - so that means that i get on average about 100 girls a day asking for the job and for me to audition them - now i dont have time to go audition all those girls in person right away - so i screen on cam auditions before in person audition
aura: how do i know you're legit
aryka101: i dont have time for fake things -- i get on average about 100 girls asking me to hire them each day, i dont have time nor a need for fake things
aryka101: and i am not here to prove myself either
aryka101: so if you dont like it -- i am more then happy to hire other girls
aryka101: only reason i had hand picked you for job was because
aryka101: your pics and looks impressed
aryka101: and i did think based on your pics that u have the looks to make it big
aryka101: i never hand pick anyone just like that
aryka101: i probly only hand pick maybe 2 girls a day whom i personally message
aryka101: and u were one of them
aura: well since you're in the business then you understand my hesitancy due to all the fakes and freaks out there out there pretending to be something they're not

Yeah, right. The dude can't even construct a fricken sentence properly. Just another asshole lookin' to get his rocks off...

Sep 20 06 07:19 am Link

Photographer

Tony Culture Photoz

Posts: 1555

Bloomfield, New Jersey, US

fake ! fraud ! perv !

all the above

https://www.tonyculture.com/storage/Portal/tcdp-e.gif

Sep 20 06 10:48 am Link

Photographer

Sharon Gutowski

Posts: 302

St Louis, Saskatchewan, Canada

Wow that's amusing.  Never do business with someone over IM.  I've had to explain that rule to models before.  So I took my IM name off my profile because I kept getting young girls who didn't want their parents to know they were modeling.  Usually the conversation consisted of me letting them know why what they were doing was unprofessional and dangerous and could I please speak to their mother about working with them?  He would have better luck on myspace.

Sharon

Sep 20 06 10:58 am Link

Photographer

FosbreStudios

Posts: 3607

Medford, New Jersey, US

What an A-hole!
Why need to audition  on cam to select models, when their pictures on their ports can decide that for him.

Sep 20 06 11:03 am Link

Photographer

SLE Photography

Posts: 68937

Orlando, Florida, US

It's REALLY sad how many people FALL for stuff like this.
People are not trained in critical thinking and lack all common sense.
It's like the jackass they busted here in Florida a couple of years ago who was calling women in Pa and telling them he was a Dr and ordering them to perform medical procedures on themsleves.  One woman literally sawed off her own nipple because the guy said she had cancer.
Compared to that, talking naive girls out of their clothes can't be too hard.

Sep 20 06 11:12 am Link

Model

Ivy Jo

Posts: 2188

Amarillo, Texas, US

I've seen this before and it mystefies me that he hasn't changed his MO. One I saw previous he admitted that he wasn't an agent or anything, said something along the lines of, "I pick the girls I want to work with, then send them to companies to work" Basically, "I send a girld to VS and tell VS to work with her!" Yeah, RIGHT!!!!

This is an idiot asshole who doesn't even know how the business works.

Sep 20 06 12:11 pm Link

Photographer

SLE Photography

Posts: 68937

Orlando, Florida, US

Ivy Bressler wrote:
I've seen this before and it mystefies me that he hasn't changed his MO. One I saw previous he admitted that he wasn't an agent or anything, said something along the lines of, "I pick the girls I want to work with, then send them to companies to work" Basically, "I send a girld to VS and tell VS to work with her!" Yeah, RIGHT!!!!

This is an idiot asshole who doesn't even know how the business works.

It's not a "he," it's a "they"
This's a common scam & there's more than 1 guy using it

Sep 20 06 12:25 pm Link

Photographer

Curt at photoworks

Posts: 31812

Riverside, California, US

KM von Seidl wrote:
Yeah, but I wonder if this is going to end up as a sleazy photographer story.

Probably, but the OP ended up safe and that's the important thing.

I wonder if she had an escort during the IMing?  I bet not, and she ended up just fine!

Sep 20 06 12:28 pm Link

Model

RedheadRobyn

Posts: 27

Springfield, Massachusetts, US

Ya, I've had at least two IM conversations like that in the past month...one of them was trying to solicite sex from me..the other wanted phone sex one day randomly cuz he was horny.. I said "gee and here I thought we were talking about a potential shoot with one of your "clients". Clearly this person is NOT professional or real.

And then photographers get pissed when we bring escorts to shoots and check out their background info...we have to take care of ourselves and watch our own backs.

Sep 20 06 12:39 pm Link

Photographer

Miles Chandler

Posts: 647

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Can I be heartless and say that anyone over 18 who actually falls for this kind of foolishness deserves *whatever* happens to the images? I mean really, truly DESERVES it in a cosmic sense?

Sep 20 06 02:58 pm Link

Photographer

Boho Hobo

Posts: 25351

Santa Barbara, California, US

RedheadRobyn wrote:
And then photographers get pissed when we bring escorts to shoots and check out their background info...we have to take care of ourselves and watch our own backs.

I don't get pissed.  It's just that I refuse to work with models that insist upon bringing their troglodytes to "watch me."

Sep 20 06 03:13 pm Link

Photographer

joe duerr

Posts: 4227

Santa Ana, California, US

The blonde roots don't show in your avatar...

Sep 20 06 03:16 pm Link

Photographer

GDS Photos

Posts: 3399

London, England, United Kingdom

Don't listen to this guy, he is a scam artist.  Send me 20 pictures of yourself wrapped in latex and I will tell you how he does it. Also, the cheque is in the post and I will take it out before......

Sep 20 06 03:48 pm Link

Model

Cynthia Leigh

Posts: 799

Orlando, Florida, US

I have fun with people like this. ^_^

http://www.writingup.com/delayedmessanger/04_20_2003

Sep 21 06 02:43 pm Link

Photographer

Arizona Shoots

Posts: 28807

Phoenix, Arizona, US

RedheadRobyn wrote:
Ya, I've had at least two IM conversations like that in the past month...one of them was trying to solicite sex from me..the other wanted phone sex one day randomly cuz he was horny.. I said "gee and here I thought we were talking about a potential shoot with one of your "clients". Clearly this person is NOT professional or real.

And then photographers get pissed when we bring escorts to shoots and check out their background info...we have to take care of ourselves and watch our own backs.

I've never had a problem with a model wanting to check me out. I encourage it. I do, however have a problem with a model who checks me out and still feels the need to bring an escort.

Sep 21 06 04:22 pm Link

Model

Josie Nutter

Posts: 5865

Seattle, Washington, US

From another thread:

putting your IM addies on your profile is like writing it on the bathroom wall.

Agreed.  NOT a good idea, ladies.  Don't give 'em your IM info until they've already established a legit thread of communication elsewhere (private messages here or on another profile site, via email, etc).

Sep 21 06 10:12 pm Link

Model

overandout

Posts: 3619

Aberdeen, Washington, US

John Jebbia wrote:

* [Whispering]Shhhhh! I'm trying to get her naked. Don't blow it.

*watches John work his magic*

Sep 21 06 10:29 pm Link

Model

Miz Laura

Posts: 17

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

Ok I should have totally reworded the title of this thread to something like "To those who realize I am intelligent; I'm am curious to the fact of how many people scam chics in this manner and would like assurance of the fact that a legit photographer does not work in a manner of IMing." lol
Anyways I'm pulling my s/n's out of my profile, definitely a good idea,even if it is amusing to to call him out like I did in the 2nd half of the IM. But hey atleast I halfway insulted the guy lol

Isabell wrote:
aura: "I dont have no threats'?
aura: nor a grammer education
aryka101: thats fine
aryka101: pls insult some more
aryka101: if that makes u a bigger person
aryka101: great
aryka101: enjoy
aura: I shall, have a great night

Sep 21 06 10:47 pm Link

Model

-Mira-

Posts: 24

I would never put up my screenname- that's just asking for trouble.  It makes me nervous enough that ANYONE can pay $40-$60 on whitepages.com for a full report on your previous addresses, phone numbers, relatives, and property ownership.

Sep 21 06 11:50 pm Link

Photographer

Stephen Melvin

Posts: 16334

Kansas City, Missouri, US

SLE Photography wrote:
One woman literally sawed off her own nipple because the guy said she had cancer.

Excuse me? What?!?

I really would like a citation on that one.

Sep 21 06 11:59 pm Link