Industry Model And Talent Studio Iripped off $900, false information about service, SCAM! Edgewater New Jersey

My wife and I become victims of SCAM by Industry Model and Talent Studio. Their representative approached my wife in shopping mall and asked if she would be interesting in getting our son into advertisement complain for kind clothes. Representative said we need to take pictures and it's completely free so she signed for appointment. When we came to appointment and met "development director" Naomi Ness it turns out than this photoshoot session is not free. They need to charge us some money to take pictures. Then they'll do marketing of our son for free, send his information to companies who are looking for models, advertise him both on paper and online.

Photo session took less than 30 minutes. They used outdated equipment and didn't give any attention to making at least somewhat acceptable pictures. For example they put out son on some piece of dirty black fabric saying it's "screen". Of course pictures turn out ugly. Lord, camera they used is now in Canon Camera Museum!

My wife went there to pick-up pictures after photo session and it is turn out than we need to give them more money to do marketing. They need money to make marketing materials. Even posting of pictures of web site Gigacomps.com is not free and cost starts from $450. Also "marketing director" who didn't bother to give her business card was soliciting my wife to sing some papers without my knowledge.

Basically these people lied to us at every step:
1. At mall representative said photos are free - not true, at least $850
2. "development director" Naomi Ness said marketing is free - not true, at least $450

After than I gave numbers of calls to this company trying to understand what could we do about it. They don't have refunds, they don't do marketing with at least $450 fee for "materials". This company is SCAM, they make false statements about service they provide and make you sign papers which don't give you any rights. Also web site they use for "marketing" was already sued in NY for "making deceptive and exaggerated claims about the services it provided to aspiring models and actors" (here is link to NY Attorney General: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2006/jan/jan19a_06.html).

I looked at web and found number of people who were scammed by this company. If there is a group who filing lawsuit against - I'd like to join!

Andrei m
Palisades Park, New Jersey
U.S.A.