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How to tell a scam?
I keep getting people from magazines who have said that i have been choose, but when i try go go to their profile its not approved or have been removed is this a bad sign. Jan 22 13 11:09 am Link If they're gone after you've received such a message it's almost guaranteed that they were removed from MM. Jan 22 13 11:37 am Link Ashley Webber wrote: Go to your own profile (click the My Stuff menu option) and on the right side of your profile there's a colorful button about how to detect a scam. Click that and read, read, read. Jan 22 13 11:41 am Link Orca Bay Images wrote: +1 Jan 22 13 03:42 pm Link If someone offers you money or fame, it's a scam. Let me explain. There are 10 zillion models out there and 300,000 or so here on MM, (taking a guess of course). You're not special Anyone who swears they can get a model into any magazine is already charging their client $2000 a day and isn't scouting his / her own models. Very very very rarely will a big time photographer even speak to the model prior to the shoot let alone ask them to work together. The magazine has a person or people to do that fior them. The photographer just shows up on the set and does what they've asked of him /her Have you read the Avoiding Scams article? Jan 22 13 07:32 pm Link Ashley Webber wrote: Well...common sense should dictate that it wouldn't be a good sign... Jan 22 13 08:22 pm Link No actual agency, magazine, designer... Pay in advance, or expect you to pay someone else involved. Jan 22 13 08:31 pm Link How to tell a scam? Don't ever cash a check for too much money and send the overage to a third party. Jan 22 13 08:31 pm Link Ashley Webber wrote: You need to be realistic. Your profile says you have "some experience". This makes you a target of scammers because they hope you won't recognize a scam. The reality is that models that don't have a lot of experience are not going to be randomly picked on Model Mayhem for any type of significant work. Jan 22 13 08:42 pm Link |
