MARVEL MODELS ripoff--model scam--be ware! Elmhurst Illinois

Just like Brian, I was contacted by Dan Chesla from an email thru OneModelPlace.com. I went to the open call, and I figured it was a scam like other calls I had been thru in the past. But for some reason, this one sounded a little different.

I decided to go with it and agreed to pay the fee because I knew I needed a new comp card in digital format. So I thought I would pay the $595 and they would give me a complete photo shoot and all! Instead, he wanted to use the pictures I already had and still charge me the full amount. However, I only paid a portion of it and gave them a voided check for the monthly fees. They cashed the check IMMEDIATELY!

I then realized that there was no date on the contract stating how long they would be taking money from my account. Also, none of their material was on letterhead paper...everything was straight off someone's home printer. I knew I shouldn't have been so eager, now I got scammed! My girlfriend said she was scouted two weeks earlier and they were asking for $395.

As a result, I am closing my bank account so that they will not take more money from me. The scarey thing is they have all my info! I thought it was weird that they asked for a social security number--but I didn't give it to them. Take it from me...MARVEL IS A SCAM!!

Female
Chicago, Illinois
U.S.A.