Models WARNING : Photographer posing as Grooby is not legal - PLEASE READ.

[smc]

Thanks for posting this for our members. It also affords an opportunity to suggest a few other ways to know when something might be a scam.

Businesspeople (yes, porn is a big business) tend to take a bit more care in how they present themselves, and there are several clues in this email text about how unserious the business aspect really is. In addition to all the spelling and grammar errors, there is the fact that the sender identifies himself as "the head of the NY division of Grooby Productions," but signs the email from the "Northeast America Division."

Be wary!

[seanchai]

Originally Posted by smc

Thanks for posting this for our members. It also affords an opportunity to suggest a few other ways to know when something might be a scam.

Businesspeople (yes, porn is a big business) tend to take a bit more care in how they present themselves, and there are several clues in this email text about how unserious the business aspect really is. In addition to all the spelling and grammar errors, there is the fact that the sender identifies himself as "the head of the NY division of Grooby Productions," but signs the email from the "Northeast America Division."

Be wary!

Good points SMC but honestly, some of our shooters are pretty poor at spelling also! There are scams everywhere, this cheeky git was out to get laid for free, I think. I've already heard from one other girl who'd been contacted by him but not taken in, I wonder how many have been.

[smc]

Originally Posted by seanchai

Good points SMC but honestly, some of our shooters are pretty poor at spelling also! There are scams everywhere, this cheeky git was out to get laid for free, I think. I've already heard from one other girl who'd been contacted by him but not taken in, I wonder how many have been.

I did not mean to imply that poor spelling was the only clue, or even necessarily a clue absent other indications. I guess the bottom line is that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Or too easy to be true, it probably is. Or too generous to be true, it probably is. And so on ...

[ila]

This thread will remain a sticky for the next couple of weeks.

[Amy]

Ugh. Sickening exploitation.