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New Scam my friend just got yesterday
I'm David Warren, assistant casting director for People magazine. I officially welcomed your interest on this opportunity as our potential model for the upcoming photo shoot/launching of our new cosmetics products. ABOUT THE SHOOT: We just came up with the different concept in production of cosmetics products such as People's BODY SPRAY, People's BODY CREAM, People's ROLL ON and People's PERFUME. All these cosmetics product will be launch in the August edition of our magazine. You are needed to feature at the front page of the magazine to display our new cosmetics products in different forms. If you're interested in this great opportunity read further for the other necessary details. DATE/TIME & LOCATION: There are two available dates for the shoot, so you are allowed to pick a date that would be suitable for your schedule. Date: 16th/17th OF AUGUST. TIME: 12PM TO 4PM. SHOOT LOCATION/VENUE: Our favorite location for this gig is within your City, this was why you were selected as the closet model. The location manager will secure a suitable arena near enough for the shoot, and once we secured the venue; ONE WEEK BEFORE THE PROJECT, the location info/address will be email to you. Transportation will cost you less both for you and your escort if you are willing to come with one. If you will work with us then you must be approachable and courageous. And about the compensation; our professional standard rate as slated and endorsed for this shoot is $300 per hour(TOTAL 4 HOURS GIVES YOU $1,200). An advanced deposit of $500.00 would be issued to you via a certified/valid Check as designed by our policy. Hereafter, your balance would be paid to you at the completion of the shoot. PAYMENT SECTION/REASON FOR MAKING THE WHOLE PAYMENT IN YOUR NAME. The payment has to be done in your name for proper customization on your attires and to ensure that everything is tally with your data/ measurements that will be sent along to the designer. The funds that you would use to pay the designer for your fashion accessories would not come from your pocket, it would be issued in one payment to you along with that of your advance payment Therefore, a check payment of $2,600 will be mailed out to you { your advanced payment of $500 plus $2,100 for your attires/fashion accessories. So, as soon as you cashed the check, deduct $500 endorsed for your advance payment. The rest of the fund ($2,100) is meant for your fashion accessories, customization and shipment charges. Once we received a confirmation that the payment has been sent to you, complete Instructions will be email to you on how to process it and how to send the attires/fashion accessories portion of the money. Once the store got the transaction info and your measurement statistics, all the necessary fashion accessories for the shooting would be mailed to your documented address. But remember to take them along with you to the shooting location. You may come with any escort of your choice, but remember to be punctual because the makeup artist would be sitting at the location waiting for you. I will send you the venue info and driving directions one week before the shooting. Please read through the payment section over again for proper clarification, and we trust your alleged promises to the industry that you are trustworthy and faithful. If you have read and understood the content of this message kindly filled the "Sign Up Form" below. (PAYMENT DETAILS MUST BE FILLED TO SIGN UP) 1.Name to be written on the check: 2.Residence address:(Not Po. Box) 3.City/state/zip code: 4.Daily access email address: 5.Direct Mobile phone number: 6.Attached along 2 photographs (If Any). Lastly, When you got to the shooting location you will have to fill the model release form for this assignment before the shoot. Hope to hear from you shortly. Please be punctual with your email. Best Regards David 281-506-4343(For both call/Text) www.people.com" Jul 18 14 08:08 pm Link I guess the idiot that wrote this didn't realize that the end of July is a little late to be looking for someone to put on the cover of the August issue of the magazine (not that it would have been more believable if he said the November issue). Jul 18 14 08:22 pm Link cameramandd wrote: The email may be new but the scam is REALLY old! You receive a bad check for $2,600. You deposit it and forward $2,100 good dollars to a third party. Eventually the check bounces and you are left holding the bag. Why would an internet stranger trust you with $2,600/2,100 of their money? Jul 18 14 08:37 pm Link Jul 18 14 08:47 pm Link AlexisWren wrote: It's the same scam. Why do people pay any attention to this? Why do they still fall for it? It dates back to 1928 even before the internet. Jul 18 14 08:57 pm Link Here is a crazy idea.. FLAG THE MESSAGE to report it to the moderators so they can remove the accounts of the people sending them. If people are getting them to their email directly, then take their direct email off their profile. Maybe it should say "report" the message instead of "flag", but just report the senders so they can be removed from the site. The site has a "avoid scams" thing right on the PM page, and these scams have been going on forever, HOW can people possibly keep falling for these things that are so obviously fake. Jul 18 14 09:01 pm Link Aug 01 14 01:07 am Link I got the EXACT same e-mail. They used the same phone number and everything (which is how I found this post on google) but used the name "Eric Walter". I sent an e-mail back to whomever it is saying, "This is hilarious. I'm pretty sure you are the same person who tried to scam me before. You honestly need to get a life. There is absolutely no one with the name "Eric Walter" that works for People Magazine, especially not someone of that standing. I've gotten this EXACT e-mail before quite a few months ago for another "magazine". You're honestly the scum of the fucking earth, and you need a new hobby. I will be reporting all of this information to the state police, and also let them know that you're using multiple names as well. https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=928772 Not only that, it takes quite a bit of time to edit photos, and production for August's issue of People is already done being printed and will soon be distributed...are you honestly THAT stupid? Seriously! Get a fucking life!!!" Aug 01 14 01:08 am Link Best to NOT respond in any way to scams as it lets then know it is a live email and also helps them improve their scam! Aug 01 14 01:38 am Link It's not a new scam, it's the Nigerian Overpayments one which has been on the go almost since the beginning of the internet. Aug 01 14 03:45 am Link again and again, why would any legitimate business in the World want to send you a bigger check and asking you to cash it first and send the rest to someone else? It's just as easy for them to write different checks/pay other people involved in the same project. Typical Nigerian scammers. They play on your greed. Aug 01 14 08:15 am Link They just emailed me today. Ugh. Aug 24 14 03:01 pm Link Mark Salo wrote: +1000 Aug 24 14 04:56 pm Link Alexis Aiden wrote: He must run this scam so much he forgot his alias lmao. Like what my mom says if something seems too good to be true, it usually is. And like everyone else said, why would they just randomly send a stranger some money to deposit and send? Aug 31 14 03:12 pm Link I'm David Warren, assistant casting director for People magazine. I officially welcomed your interest on this opportunity as our potential model for the upcoming photo shoot/launching of our new cosmetics products. Before reading too far into the message (which is how the scam gets rolled out) ask yourself a few honest questions at the first sign of contradictions or nonsense. Aug 31 14 03:51 pm Link cameramandd wrote: Quick bust on this. Take the check down to your bank. Have a 'wire transfer teller' (usually the branch manager) run the computerized code on the bottom of the check to verify that the routing number, bank branch and account number does indeed exist. Unfortunately, it will be completely falsified and the computerized code on the bottom of the check you received WILL BE BOGUS!... BUT... if by some freak chance that routing number is good, and both the bank and account DOES EXIST... have the teller place an immediate freeze on that account (NOT YOUR ACCOUNT) for the $2600, and wire transfer those funds directly into your account. Once you receive 'verification of transferred funds' from your bank... the party's ON!... Aug 31 14 04:20 pm Link |
