I received this message in my Hot Import Nights account, and it sounded WAY to good to be true (and had a few typos), so I was like... Scam, obviously. But he listed a moderately legit website, and doesn't seem to be Nigerian-Scamming me, so I'm confused. Any advice?
"Hello i am agent Michael,We have a 2000dollars pay modeling job (Assignment) for you to take picture with some of our client Fashion Outfit, Our client wants to there Catalog with there new year release Fashion outfits and We are interested in you for the shooting, We are model and photographer agent (SAG) approved talent agency providing quality union and non-union models representation in all fields of Commercials, by profession with about 10 years experience.
JOB LOCATION
The shooting will hold at a rented photographer's studio in model 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 shooting, all make up will be taken cared of in the studio. You can come along with any body of your choice on the day of the shooting just for you to feel more comfortable.But not more than four people invite by the model that we will take care of.
JOB DETAILS:
You have a lot of different Fashion outfits to cover, which would be provided by our client on the day of the shooting.
TIME DURATION
This will take up to Two days>The total money pay for the jobs is 2000dollars and you get 600dollars as your advance payment and balance of 1400dollars will be paid after the complication of the project.
EXPECTATIONS
Please get in touch with us if you will take the job and we can go from there, just let me know if you will take the job and I will give you extra details. Make sure you get back at me ASAP.And if interested will have to give us your details to contact you with your payment via check and for further info.
Check our web site @ WWW.Whipappealinc.com Get back to me directly through my private E-mail @ [email protected]
INFO NEEDED
1.Your full name:
2.Physical address,
3.City,State
4.Zip Code
5.Home contact telephone number and Cellphone number
6.Your age,s
7.Previous working Experience,
REGARD
michael Modeling."

*facepalm

You've got to have more common sense than this if you're going to survive. Of course it's a scam.

Ok people.
Read this and tell me this model is going to understand the Smashbox contest rules.

John

At 90 posts you are saying you haven't seen or looked for those kind of posts?

Okay, I think I got it now
I guess common sense is overshadowed by my desire for impossibly lucrative modeling gigs... and I like the look of the website and figured I'd have nothing to lose my responding...
Possibly not, I guess!

The spelling alone should tell you that this is a scam.

Unlike others, I'll abide by your dictum, "Don't kill me."

Here's Simple Scam Test #37: anything that lists the job as being "in your location" without mentioning that location, is a scam.

Advance Payment=SCAM!!!!

People are mean aren't they. I wouldn't take this person up on their offer. However, if you are curious just email and ask for more info and a contact number to talk to someone. If you can't get that, leave it be.

And I need to learn how to do the qoute thing

Here's how it will go...

They'll send you a (fake) check for more than the amount promised.  They'll tell you to keep your part and send the rest to a stylist or photographer.  Of course, you'll have to send this through Western Union or MoneyGram so it can't be traced.  A few days after you send YOUR money to Nigeria, you'll get a phone call from your bank informing you that the check is worthless.