Jeff Hall Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 A couple of days ago I received an unsolicited text from an Asian production company's interest in hiring me for a week this month. The tone and wording seemed way off, but I responded with my resume, website, and demo reel to see where it would go. Essentially, they want me to work on a "trial basis", and then, if accepted, pay me a beyond ridiculous rate. This has scam written all over it. I seem to recall a similar MO a couple of years ago from a guy who called himself a wedding photographer. Anyone else had this experience? Not sure what their angle is, but it's totally fishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Yeah, and I would have advised not responding to the initial enquiry at all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 and they'll want you to return the overage funds from your pocket before their bad check bounces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 47 minutes ago, Jeff Hall said: This has scam written all over it. I seem to recall a similar MO a couple of years ago from a guy who called himself a wedding photographer. Anyone else had this experience? - I had similar experience about a year ago, this person (also a wedding photographer) went so far as to send me a fraudulent check (third-party) for COD gear. I think they got my name for the Mandy directory.Upon investigating, the wedding photographer's name he was using had passed away.. He also stated a semi-local production company, whom I notified, but they never had any contact with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Hall Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Good point, Philip... I just replied and said I wasn't available. I doubt they'll spend any more time on me, and just look for other fish. If they contact me again, I'll forward it to ReScam--it's a site that uses bots to pretend it's me and just tie them up with phony interest. I've used it about a dozen times. It's always seemed to do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 It might be phishing, so I'd consider forwarding it to the abuse@ address of your ISP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 I just got one of those texts yesterday as well. Wording was waaay off and the area code was Nashville. I just deleted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonG Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Demo reel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Karlsson Posted August 4, 2018 Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 Forward the email to phishing-report@us-cert.gov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borjam Posted August 5, 2018 Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 8/4/2018 at 11:15 AM, Johnny Karlsson said: Forward the email to phishing-report@us-cert.gov Agreed, best thing you can do. I am not sure all of the cases will lead to prosecution but the operational intelligence they gather will be very useful to fight this kind of crime. Moreover, I am the security officer at an ISP and I was contacted once by the security services of another country who were indeed investigating a comparable scam (in this case the inheritance scam from a fake lawyer). Finally I helped them a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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