There is a scam rolling around Facebook with modeling ads that are targeting young girls, trying to get them to pose nude. this has got to be coming from the lowest of low scammers. I bet the police are going to jump on investigating this one.
The ads are pretending to represent actual modeling agencies and it directs users to a "phishing" bogus page that looks like the real modeling agencies' website pages. There is an application to fill out and it gathers all kind of information that the scammer can later use for identity theft but in these cases, the scammer uses the information at first to keep in touch with the victim and get them to send photos of themselves, first of their hands and feet, and then of them in lingerie. In some cases, I suspect these are not scammers, per se, but just perves.
Hope law enforcement jumps on this one.
Real modeling agencies don't go online looking for models. And they don't ask you to send photos without setting up an appointment to see you live. Do your research, call the agency on the phone to verify they have advertised in this way (it's likely they will tell they have not), and make sure some trusted adult in your life knows about this and helps you verify if it is real or a scam.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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