emodel.com, Options Talent Group

Dear Modeling Scams,

Just want to share with you a possible e-model/options [talent] scam going on in Tampa, Florida.

It’s pretty much the same scheme and tactics as all the e-mail complaints on your site.

My daughter was approached at the mall by one of these “model scouts” that told her:

"I could not help but notice your beauty. Have you ever thought about a career in modeling?"

She gave my daughter a “personal” business card, and asked her to go to an interview.

Of course my daughter was overwhelmed, excited, and could not wait to see the Talent agency.

To our surprise, there must have been at least 35 people that were approached by this talent agent.

To make a long story short, there were a series of “interviews” to make a decision on whether she was worthy of this agency. The final decision was going to be made over the telephone (which was kind of strange to me).

We spoke with three supposed “agency directors.”

After about 45 minutes of going back and forth between “executives” and “directors,” they decided our daughter was going to be accepted.

But before they could go on, they needed to get some more details, and transferred us to a “finance dept.”

Immediately they asked me how I would prefer to pay for the deposit.

I said, “What deposit?"

They went on to explain that they needed $600.00 to “post” our daughter’s pictures on their website, in addition to the $20.00 monthly maintenance fee.

I suspected this was a scam, so I told them that we needed to consult on this as a family, and that we will call back with an answer tomorrow.

That’s when they started telling me that they needed the money tonight, and that tomorrow was too late.

The sad thing about this ordeal is that my daughter was crying for hours after we did some research on the internet and found this website.

I would not want anybody else to go through the same thing my daughter went through.

Thanks,

G.D.