Victim Location 28226
Type of a scam Employment
The initial contact with this scammer was from a job listing post on LinkedIn. It was a promoted post for www.iqstudio.photography. I sent over my resume and received this email which seemed very odd to me.
Hello,
We have taken our time to crucially exam your resume, whether or not you possess the qualities, abilities and technical know-how to execute this job effectively with perfection/precision, and are glad to bring to your notice that you have been chosen as an ideal candidate that is skilled, motivated, energetic and ideal to work with us.
We were recently engaged/contracted for a photo shoot by/for our client Michael Kors for a TV commercial of theirs. This is a highly professional, creative, and collaborative project and should be executed flawlessly, this position could lead to long-term opportunity and based on your productivity, performance and skillset you shall be guaranteed and also be staffed permanently with this organization.
Company Profile:
We offer photography services, both still photos and motion pictures. we believe in quality service serviced to you at the time you need it.We cover all areas of life, nature, wild life, family, weddings, and any other function. You live the moments, we capture them all you have left are the memories. That’s why it’s important to have a professional studio with an established reputation you trust to capture those once in a lifetime moments in photos & video.
Pay: You will be paid $350/day which will amount to $1050 for the 3 days.
Project Details: The photo shoot will be Held in New York during the weekend of 03-15-2019 to 03-17-2019 at The Mandarin Oriental, 80 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10023. Both your traveling, hotel bills ,per diem expenses will be covered by our client. I believe you are not booked for those dates so i will be needing you to reassure me of your availability and commitment for those dates. Please reconfirm this information below:
Full name:
Mailing address:
City, State, Zip Code:
Mobile Phone Number:
NOTE: You will also receive a check via USPS and this check will cover your personal expenses which includes travel/lodging and will be handled via our sponsors designated travel agent. You are to deduct the amount of $350 out of the check, this is allocated as your upfront payment while the remaining balance will be transferred to our Sponsors travel agent who will make all the necessary hotel and travel arrangement on your behalf. You get daily update via email, Feel free to email your concerns and we will get back to you ASAP.
Regards,
Jackson Brown
Director/Photographer
www.iqstudio.photography
First off I am a professional photographer with 10 years experience and this website is fake and they are using stolen images. I decided not to respond to the email and instead they called me. During the course of the conversation I was asked for my social security number to continue the interview and I explained that I wouldn’t be doing that and this foriegn man became angry and started to tell me that if I didn’t follow through that bad things were going to happen to me. I then proceeded to call him out as a scammer and he became angry. I checked the phone number as well as the company and neither come up as reputable. The phone number is also a burner number associated with a Google voice account or something.