I recently received this email from someone who contacted me via MM. Sounded a little fishy, so I wanted your opinion. The part that is fishy to me is the 2,450 dollar check that I get to the wardrobe people..

Help!!


"Hello,
  How are you doing? I am happy to inform you that you are the lucky one chosen out of the few models we contacted via model mayhem. You have got all the necessary requirements we needed for an EDITORIAL photo shoot for cosmopolitan magazine.
   We hereby decided as a committee to offer you this editorial modeling paid gig. The shoot doesn't involve Nudity. The shoot will be held at a rented studio in your state and it would last for just 2 hours. The project is organized by cosmopolitan magazine basically to showcase our client's product.

Makeup artist:Meredith Baros
Photographer: Lauren Cole
Hair Stylist: Ashley Bens
Model:

project date: 1st/7th of December: Choose either 1st or 7th.
project location: We will find a good studio in your state.
project TIME: 2pm-4pm.
project contract: No contract involved.
Project paid: $500.

Payment information: A check payment of $2,450 will be mailed out to you in few days before the shoot, you'll deduct $200 for your part payment, while you'll have the remaining amount of $2,250 send off to the wardrobes manager for your wardrobes payment.Though, It's just one of the company protocols for all our potential models, and which I believed you will be trustworthy to discharged this responsibility.(You are not paying anything out of your own pocket to do this)
  Meanwhile, the remaining balance of $300 for your job will be paid to you immediately after the shoot.

Note: As soon as the wardrobes manager received the payment from you, all the wardrobes will be send out to you to check them out see if they are perfect for your size.


If you are truly interested and agreed with the above said, below are the payment and measurements information needed to apply for the job
YOUR RECENT MEASUREMENTS :
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YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION :

(1)Name to be written on the check:
(2)Residence Address :
(3)Apt#:
(4)City, State, Zip code:
(5)Cell Phone :

ONCE YOUR INFO ARE RECEIVED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION TEXT/CALL.

Regards!
Brad
www.cosmopolitan.com"

Just saw this had been posted before
Definitely a scam

Ugh, ridiculous.

of course it a scam, read all the intro guides here 'cause you will get more. There is no possible viable reason why a legitimate employer would want to pay any party indirectly through another third party (you).

Because you were contacted via MM, report it here:
https://www.modelmayhem.com/contactamod

It amazes me how many people don't just stop and think for a second. This is 2013 not 1913. If it sounds too good to be true....

Good luck OP. I suggest you take a little time to browse the forums here and read just how many people get scam/spam messages every day because of their presence here. Educate yourself.

Add...

Craigslist ads/MM ads that someone/ANYONE won't give their contact info for you to do 'due diligence'.

NO ONE is THAT awesome not to give you the professional courtesy of that.
Plus, anyone legit will talk to you on the phone, gladly give their contact info, meet you in person, etc.

Anyone hiding under a veiled alias and posting a big $ gig that you can't verify is too cheap to pay an agency (if you are signed to one) anyway.

Bastards
ha

The general rule is, if it sounds fishy, it probably is.