Hello I'm relatively new to mm and I got a message on mm from this person and email as follows
jake jesso jacksonjake jesso jacksonGiftFavorite09/24/13 8:17 AM I am a Photographer .I was browsing on the site,then your picture captured my attention,then I go through your profile.I want to use your picture for a  a new catalog shoot.which agent give me the assignment,If you are interested,Please get back to me as soon as possible to get more information at [email protected](ONLY).I will not like to discuss business on this site. Regarding the Wage aspect, you will be paid the sum of $2500 and I hope you will make this photo shoot a great one through commitment and diligence.I will get back to you with the necessary papers to officialize and legalize this contract ,I look forward hearing from you soon....NOTE : PLEASE REPLY ME AT MY EMAI([email protected])I CHECK MY MESSAGES IN MY PERSONAL EMAIL MORE OFTEN. Jake Assist Coordinator

Then got this email from this danny person
I am an Advertisement Agent, It’s really nice reading back from you from MM through one of our photographer for this Job and here are more information about the assignment, A client wants to launch a new brand of fashion outfit which will be update on Catalog with the new month release Fashion outfits. This assignment is to encourage the upcoming models in the industry she is affiliated with the Academy Art, you don't have to worried about your experience or present look because we have specialist stylist and make Up artist who will bring the real beauty out of you. Find all details for the job below..

Job Location
The shooting will be hold at a rented photographers 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 , all make up will be taken care of in the studio. You can come along with anybody of your choice on the day of the shooting, your mum, dad, friend ,body-guard anybody you wish to come with just for you to feel more comfortable.

JOB DATE: 8th to 14th of October. You need to choose From 20th or 25h

JOB TIME: 2pm-4pm.

Job details
You have 12 different Fashion outfits to cover, which would be provided by our client on the day of the shooting.


Job percentage
The total pay for the jobs is $2500 but you will get an upfront payment of $500 plus the wardrobe fee which you will send to the wardrobe manager to get you stuffs that you will use for the shooting, The $500 is upfront Part payment, that will be given to you before the shoot and it will come in form of check and the remaining balance will Be paid to you in cash at the shooting venue, immediately after the Shoot. Check payment of $2,500 will be mail out to you not less than 10 days before the shoot, you'll have the remainder send to the wardrobe manager for your wardrobes payment. (You are not paying anything out of your own pocket)
Note: All the wardrobes will be send out to you as soon as the wardrobe manager received the payment from you so you can check them out and see if they are perfect for your size.



Is this a scam or a real opportunity please help

Yes, it's a scam.

They will send you a cheque. They tell you to deposit it, then send part of the money to someone else. The cheque bounces, and you have lost the money you sent to the other person. Worse, your bank may charge you a fee for depositing the bad cheque.

This one is very common.

Look at http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud and find the place where they discuss 419/advance fee scams.

Google is also your friend. good luck

It seems to be a real popular one lately, I heard a couple of models talking about it on FB too.

I got an email like this today. I blocked the sender and reported it as a scam to the Mods.
https://www.facebook.com/kaylenshelby

Snow, there is a common denominator to most of the scam questions. If you go back through MM forums and look at the MM members who ask about, or report possible scams, the vast majority of those members are relatively new to MM or at least have made extremely few posts in the forums. New people are who they prey on.

Apply this logic to any offer: if you have to ask if this is a scam, you already know the answer and are simply looking for verification. Trust your gut.

Also a big thing to look out for if its a scam is if the name doesn't match the email.

It's a scam.

You supposed to be paid for your services only. Nothing more.

You don't get a big sum of money and then are told give some of it to some stranger. That's the scam. If payment sounds unnecessarily complex, it's a scam.

I just received this very email.  Thanks for posting this information from this individual.  [email protected]

I thought this was a scam as well. I rec'd the same exact email and was advised to send [email protected] a response. I didn't! Thanks again.

There's nothing "possible" about it...

It screams 100% SCAM from the first few words!








Just my $0.02 etc. etc.

I never read these, I always just skim through and look for the ridiculous payment promise to tell if it's fake, that's all I need to know really.

The names will change, but it will always be the age-old Nigerian Scam!!

Never reply!

I just received the same thing. Thank God I googled the email and found this post. Definitely a scam. I'm glad I always try to do research before preceding with anything on here...

this link is broken in firefox



also many members in this thread doesn't have their email on their profile.  how did the scammer got their email address?