SayCheeZ! wrote:
Most 'fakers' have a habit of placing the "Inc." abbreviation after their company name.  To this day I have no idea why they do it... other than to 'look' legitimate.

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When you type in the business name at http://appsext5.dos.state.ny.us/corp_pu … 7%49%4E%53 , the results displayed are No business entities were found..

While I agree with your response, the fact that a company doesn't turn up in the state database, in and of itself, doesn't mean they aren't a legitimately organized corporation.  As an example, they can be a foreign corporation, organized in another state and doing business in New York as well.  You can even have a DBA registered for a foreign corporation, etc, etc, etc.

So checking the database eliminates the obvious, you can be fairly sure there is no corporation registered with the state by the name of Beautiful Models.  There is no guarantee that they aren't otherwise a properly organized corporation using a legitimate name or DBA which simply doesn't turn up on that particular database.  They have a warning to that effect on the the state lookup site.

On the other hand, it could be a scam.  I have opinions, but that is not the point of my post.

Random Beauty wrote:
Have you ever recived one of these?

Beautiful Models Inc. is looking for beautiful high fashion and commercial models to cast for print, music video, and film work.Please bring current head and body shots along with portfolio and/or resume..Thursday Nov 30th, 200612 noon to 4pmNew Era53 W. 36th St. Ste# 203 (Between 5th and 6th)NY, NY 10018212. 239.3970

What do you think?

Go check it out.  What do you have to lose?