Dani16 wrote:
Just a Question though, He will be Sending money first, so if it is a scam What would he be scamming for ?

the check will bounce. was this from a yahoo email address? is their office located in Nigeria? did you google the name of the company he mentioned? if they are real you can contact them to double check whether or not it's true

Rossi Photography wrote:
So, what happened...? You just randomly received this e-mail out of the blue? Sounds ridiculous to me.

This would be the second E-mail that he sent me, the first one was general information and asking for recent pictures to see me.
I'm currently asking him typical questions like how long, when and if an escorte can be brought, If no escorte than its oviously a scam.

Dani16 wrote:
If no escorte than its oviously a scam.

That's definitely not true.

John Jebbia wrote:
Yes. He will send you a check for $5000. You will deposit into your bank. It will bounce. He will get the cancelled check back and then use the information on it to clear out your bank account. Something like that. Tell him you will only accept a money order. Watch how fast he disapears.

Sounds like a resonable request, thank you for this very useful information, i didnt know they could do that from one bounced check.

Dani16 wrote:
If no escorte than its oviously a scam.

paying jobs rarely ever allow escorts.

e-string wrote:

That's definitely not true.

OK. it may not be a scam for that reason, but if he wont let me Bring an escorte over seas, in a new country, with a new person, they i wouldn't want to do it anyways.

Dani16 wrote:

OK. it may not be a scam for that reason, but if he wont let me Bring an escorte over seas, in a new country, with a new person, they i wouldn't want to do it anyways.

so if you got booked by someone legit in Milan, you wouldn't go?

Dani16 wrote:

OK. it may not be a scam for that reason, but if he wont let me Bring an escorte over seas, in a new country, with a new person, they i wouldn't want to do it anyways.

fair enough

Jessalyn_54 wrote:

so if you got booked by someone legit in Milan, you wouldn't go?

Probably not without Asking you guys first to make sure that it is ligit. If that situation should arise it would take alot of reaserch to prove that it is ligit. and then Yes i might go it alone. ( also if at that time i have experience with traveling over seas for modeling than - definetly.)

CO_Charlie wrote:
Scam attempt.

The emphasis on being asked to recruit "international models" at $100k a pop for a project seems incredibly far fetched.

I'm pretty sure that no one has their own immigration officer.

English is horrible.

Signed by "jimmy" - hmmm, very professional for someone with such a huge budget.

-Very True.

Dani16 wrote:

OK. it may not be a scam for that reason, but if he wont let me Bring an escorte over seas, in a new country, with a new person, they i wouldn't want to do it anyways.

I might be mistaken, but I'm getting the impression that you're looking for any reason for it not to be a scam. IT'S A SCAM!

Absolutely.  If you get booked by someone legit in Milan.  But 1.  How do you know they're legit?  And 2.  How do you know they're even in Milan?

Think about it - what's the likelihood of someone in Milan booking a model with essentially no experience, based on a web-portfolio? 

One of the basic rules in life is that if something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

Rossi Photography wrote:

I might be mistaken, but I'm getting the impression that you're looking for any reason for it not to be a scam. IT'S A SCAM!

For This kind of Money, Anyone would be looking for any spec of hope that it may be true, it doesn't mean that i'll do it in the end.

John Jebbia wrote:
Yes. He will send you a check for $5000. You will deposit into your bank. It will bounce. He will get the cancelled check back and then use the information on it to clear out your bank account. Something like that. Tell him you will only accept a money order. Watch how fast he disapears.

Either that or he'll instruct you to wire him the $1,000 he menioned out of the $5000 check you deposit. The check will bounce and you'll be stuck for 1K

CAP210 wrote:
Sounds like a variation of this: he sends you a check, you deposit it into your bank and asks you to keep a portion for yourself, and send the balance via Western Union  to his confederate in Nigeria (or wherever). You deposit the money in your account in good faith, send the money, find out later that the check ( or certified bank check - either stolen or fake) bounced. You are out the money, and he cant be traced.
I've had similar offers to fly to London to shoot weddings for 10K (i'm sure all the local wedding shooters are booked full)

Yes- The shoot in london was the scam email i recieved 3 weeks ago, i didn't do it.
As soon as he tells me that i will need to send money back to him i won't do it, But for now he has mentioned nothing about giving him any money.
And should he be after my acount information i can easily open a new account with nothing in it to check what happens. - IF i should be convinced that it is true.

Just to let everyone know i never assume that things are legit until it is proved that it is, Right now i do beleive that it is a scam. But if i go beleiveing that everything is a scam without reaserch nothing will ever happen.

sureshotstudios wrote:
Just a Question though, He will be Sending money first, so if it is a scam What would he be scamming for ?


Girl... I'm not sure you are ready for this world !!  -- I think you should wait a few more years!

...she's 17.

sureshotstudios wrote:
Just a Question though, He will be Sending money first, so if it is a scam What would he be scamming for ?


Girl... I'm not sure you are ready for this world !!  -- I think you should wait a few more years!

Lol... I was biting my tongue. I'm glad you said it.

sureshotstudios wrote:
Just a Question though, He will be Sending money first, so if it is a scam What would he be scamming for ?


Girl... I'm not sure you are ready for this world !!  -- I think you should wait a few more years!

Waiting a Few years wont make me any smarter in this sort of thing- Experience will and talking to the people that do know will. Sorry that i'm young and ill experienced but waiting around wont change that, How did you find out about scam artists?

For now i wont just sit and ignore the world,

e-string wrote:

...she's 17.

Thank you.

CO_Charlie wrote:
As a clue, heres how i would usually book someone, even if its on the strength of an online portfolio, which ive done several times.

Email a project outline to model.

Discuss and agree via email. Offer that she can bring an escort. Send contract and release for them to look over.

Pay for the flight and accomodation and send the model all the details. They can easily check the bookings direct if they want to.

Wait for the day - sort contracts and release,shoot, pay model for her time.

I think the paying of Flights and accomodation in advance is very comforting to a model, a little risky for me but, it hasnt backfired yet.

Anything more difficult, involving weird check transactions etc etc always screams scam to me.

SEE I'm Learning here- becuase of the poeple that are willing to teach! thank you for your information. its helpful to see how a real photographer would do things.

pw-gii photographics wrote:
True - you can't go through life believing that everything is a scam.  But filter it with some reasoning.  First recognize - even though this may be difficult to accept (!) - that you are young and innocent.  Second, try to find some perspective.  To succeed in modeling -as in anything - both talent and experience are needed.  There are always exceptions - the rare discovery on the street or in the drugstore followed but immediate fame and success - but, for most, the trade has to be learned and the dues have to be paid.

So find work with good photographers near you.  Get the experience.  Build a good portfolio.  Learn the realities of the profession.  Look carefully at work you admire and learn how it's done. 

Don't be in a hurry.

You have lots of time, so use it well.

YES i understand all of this and i know that this is a scam, Thank you for your useful input.


I know that becuase of my age i will be very easily targeted by scam artists that will try to lure me with large amounts of money. Also they will think that i'm so inexperienced as to not know what resonable pay is.
i'm know that things don't happen over night and i know that im not special in anyway as to deserve to be paid large amounts, I'm not its True im not any more special than anyone. But i do have commen sence as to atleast ASK for MM help before doing anything, Rather than my parents who deperately wanted me to go through with the Scam email i recieved 3 weeks ago, they begged me to do it but i still didn't do it. ( and dont mauch my parent's i know how stupid they can be)

Dani16 wrote:

YES i understand all of this and i know that this is a scam, Thank you for your useful input.


I know that becuase of my age i will be very easily targeted by scam artists that will try to lure me with large amounts of money. Also they will think that i'm so inexperienced as to not know what resonable pay is.
i'm know that things don't happen over night and i know that im not special in anyway as to deserve to be paid large amounts, I'm not its True im not any more special than anyone. But i do have commen sence as to atleast ASK for MM help before doing anything, Rather than my parents who deperately wanted me to go through with the Scam email i recieved 3 weeks ago, they begged me to do it but i still didn't do it. ( and dont mauch my parent's i know how stupid they can be)

Good for you. Damn don't ever let them near PC. They will be broke before new years