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Im new to this and this Email is odd and doesn't ask me for anything you couldn't find off my MM account... So i am unsure. Thoughts? Sharon Levi <[email protected]> 10:25 AM (1 hour ago) Dear Kelly, I came across your portfolio on modelmayhem (an online community of aspiring models). A new client of mine wants to create her online fashion website and catalogue for camouflage material designs. Find all details for the job below. Job Details: 1. Its a photo shoot and you have 6 different Fashion outfits to cover, which would be provided by my client on the day of the shoot. 2. It’s a 3 days job and wouldn't take more than at least 3 hours each day. Types Of Cloths: Jeans, Pants and Jackets, Evening wears (Ladies), Clothing materials. Theme: Zodiac Signs Job Location: The shoots will be held at a rented studio in your location, so you don't have to worry about traveling. The name and address of the studio will be forwarded to you before the date of the shoot. All make-up will be taken care of in the studio. Job Percentage: The total pay for the jobs is $2780 and you get $550 as your percentage. Expectations: You need to have good and attractive poses. Requirements: Attractive, Classy, In Great Shape, Extremely Outgoing & Personable, Must be Reliable and no indescent tattoo. What are your details below: Waist: Shirt: Shoe: Height: Weight: Hair color: Eye color: Ethnicity: Age: Zodiac Sign: Attach picture. Kindly get in touch with me as soon as possible if you are interested in the job so that more details will be provided to you and we can continue from there. Regards, Sharon Levi Mar 03 16 09:45 am Link Scam, this is the setup email. Consider the entire thing from an objective, reality-based perspective. You are nowhere near the center of commercial clothing marketing. You are a new, unproven model. Your stats are not what is typical for this type of work, they want 5'9" or a bit taller. If you express interest (you should CAM, see link below), they will propose to send you a check for the entire amount and you will be asked to send along payment to the other party involved. After you do this, the original check will bounce, leaving you holding the bag. Do not respond, CAM!!! https://www.modelmayhem.com/contactamod Mar 03 16 09:52 am Link The language is typical of scams and this is a real tip-off: "The shoots will be held at a rented studio in your location," Why would they scout locations near to you and transport all of their equipment and crew to you? I'm not sure what they are saying here: "The total pay for the jobs is $2780 and you get $550 as your percentage." Typically they send you a check for too much money and instruct you to forward a portion to a third party. Their check bounces and your bank deletes the full amount from your account including what you forwarded to the third party. Mar 03 16 10:01 am Link Shadow Dancer wrote: +1 Mar 03 16 10:30 am Link You know, we now have Verified Credits to protect models from naughty photographers, but it seems from the regularity of these 'Is This A Scam' posts that maybe all the time and effort that went into coding the Verified Credits thing could have better been directed at making people more aware of the real nasties that are out there. Mar 03 16 11:00 am Link Mar 03 16 11:10 am Link Same old Nigerian Scam Also read NEW MODELS; Learn about scams Don't display your email in your Mayhem profile, as it is visible to every scammer & pervert in the world. Instead use MM's private messages with members, & then be very selective about who you give it to. Avoid people too-urgently wanting it right at the start. They don't need it that soon. Their need to rush you for it is usually a sign of a fake member/scammer, who knows they will be booted off quickly. Mar 03 16 12:53 pm Link  Moderator Note!Yes, it's a scam. Please see this video and read the articles: Avoiding scams: The basics Watch the video and read the article. Mar 04 16 08:04 am Link Yes, it's a scam. In the beginning of the message you got it says something about camouflage materials and then later on it says the theme of the shoot is zodiac signs. Realistically, no one with a budget of a few thousand dollars is going to use a model that has "some experience" and only five images in their portfolio and they definitely would not come to your location to shoot. As mentioned, they would give you a check for a large amount and tell you to keep a portion for yourself and forward the balance to someone else. A few days later you would find out their check bounced and you are out all the money you forwarded. As the old saying goes - if it seems to good to be true it isn't. Mar 04 16 08:21 am Link Hello and Welcome to MM.  Mar 04 16 11:57 pm Link So scammy it's not even funny....the typical infodump, unrealistically high pay rate, unrealistic accommodation re location, and the "Kindly" language and broken English. Mar 05 16 08:38 am Link If it sounds too good to be true , it probably isn't . Mar 05 16 11:47 am Link Mar 06 16 05:38 pm Link SCAM!!!! Mar 06 16 08:41 pm Link same person contacted me Mar 25 16 12:47 am Link I was scammed by this person 😓 May 02 16 09:46 am Link It is scam May 09 16 09:16 am Link It's the Nigerian Scam... Run away and don't give them any information May 09 16 12:22 pm Link For reference, more on this scam, same email, different name, slightly different wording: From: Silva Haronle <[email protected]> Our client requires the services of aspiring model for casting in a new online fashion website and catalogue for camouflage material designs. Kindly do get back to me if you are interested in the proposal for further correspondence. Thank you Aug 05 16 12:23 pm Link LaurenLA wrote: Lauren, you are making it easy for them by linking to your FB, and displaying your email there for them. Aug 05 16 06:37 pm Link I just stupidly answered this email, I fortunately gave only my first name what's odd is they emailed me at an address that is not associated with MM or facebook Aug 16 16 10:34 pm Link I received this same thing. However they found me on my instagram, not even on here. Yes it's a scam. I did not go to the bank and cash the check however has anyone gone to the police? Need to know how far people have gone to stop this (from the posts, it seems to keep happening). -Sara Dec 07 16 01:31 pm Link Dean Johnson Photo wrote: Couldn't hear anything at all. :-(. Dec 07 16 01:47 pm Link Nobody who actually HAS $2870 would be so stupid as to send it to a total stranger from the 'net in hopes they would send any part of it on to somebody else. Which is the next thing they'd ask you to do. Classic Nigerian scam. The amazing thing is it still seems to work from time to time, otherwise they'd quit doing it. Dec 07 16 05:06 pm Link Definitely a scam, as the good folks here have explained. Welcome to Model Mayhem, good on you for following your instinct when it cued you in that something seemed off! My general rule is that if someone contacts me and something feels weird, to NEVER ignore it. Though there are many good people out there, there are some bad apples who will reach out to you, and it's very important to keep your wits about you! Dec 07 16 05:08 pm Link Literally woke up to the same person telling me the same thing, except it doesn't say aspiring model... Jan 11 17 07:06 am Link Wow, got the same thing and was feeling suspicious, so I copied and pasted their email into Google search and came across your post. I had a feeling, but I'm so glad you posted this! Now I know for sure! Blocked his email. My "person" was Steve Rawlings. They contacted me on Instagram. Jan 13 17 08:08 pm Link Feb 01 17 09:42 am Link Rodneisha Holloway wrote: After reading all the others here, that are exactly the same, why would you even ask? Of course it is! Feb 01 17 01:22 pm Link I knew it was too good to be true! I received the exact same email with the zodiac theme and the same figures. My guy's name was Steven Rawlings. I searched his name and this came up thankfully. I'm gave out my name and he emailed me more info..seemed too suspicious. Here's some of the email: "As said in my previous email, your initial payment would be made alongside your wardrobe allowance (shoes and clothes). The payment will be sent out to you and am awaiting the confirmation of this from my client. Once you receive the payment, you are expected to deposit them into your bank account, after which, you deduct $250 being your initial payment to guarantee your participation in the shoot, and then send the remaining balance to the wardrobe/costume stylist so that she can take care of your attires and fashion outfits along with other planning. Also you will not be coming along with anything but your identification as outfits/costumes for the shoot will be brought to the studio of the photoshoot by the stylist. Get back to me with a confirmation that everything is clear and fine with you. As soon as i receive a confirmation from you, i would let you know when to receive the payment. I look forward to your email. Once again, congratulations." I have to send the remaining balance to the wardrobe/costume stylist? Wouldn't I pay them outright? Or it would be included? And I have to deposit the money first?? Sounds super sketchy to me And why doesn't the police get involved? Where can we go? Feb 05 17 10:50 am Link I got the same message from a "Steve" but it was exactly the same. Once he said I need you to deposit and withdraw for hair and makeup I'm like?? Bitch, models don't handle that shit. Hope everyone is safe out there  Apr 02 17 09:59 am Link Just called some people out on a scam (The old "We'll send you $500 and you send $700 to a stylist etc etc) Acted real professional as far as scammers go and then when they realized I wasn't game the last message they sent me was. "We'll be sending some non-friendlies out to you soon. Best" Anyone else ever get "threatened" by scammers? Apr 08 17 10:32 am Link mandymbr wrote: empty threats only make them feel better. tell them to "eat your shorts and choke to death". it's stupid. just like the current rash of fake kidnapping scams or fake irs back tax phone scams - now that the south american lottery winner scams are dying. Apr 08 17 10:49 am Link Leonard Gee Photography wrote: Lol thank you Apr 10 17 03:00 pm Link |
