Richard Smith (Hello Magazine) Courtney Lott (receiver) Modeling job offer-SCAM Internet

I was sought out on Model Mayhem (which I still use because it has been awesome), and offered this job. It seemed like a decent offer, so I got more information and continued with the process. I went to cash the check and the bank said it was a total SCAM. So I said I would call Richard to see what was wrong. He never answered and said we couldnt talk on the phone-we could only text-because his manager had to see all the texts we sent. I thought this was very fishy. Since the check wasnt working, he asked for my account information to wire me the money. I told him this was ridiculous and that I did not give all my account information to stragners. He started arguing with me and I finally stopped relpying. Thankfully I didnt fall for this scam, because I would have been out of a lot of money. I wanted to post the original email, but this is not allowing me. But basically he described the job to me, the compensation, escort information, the travel expenses, how much the compensation was and how the payment would work, asked more my information, etc. I did think it was fishy that I had to receive a check and deposit it for 24 hours, and part I had to send to the wardrobe place and part was my half payment. Dont fall for this