- The companies do not reveal their addresses on their websites, only e-mails, telephone numbers and fax numbers. This makes them very hard to track down, should you ever discover you have been scammed.
- The 'editorials' that the companies send out are fake. When you register with them, they send you out 'press cuttings' to prove that they are legitimate companies. However, these editorials are not sourced. Not a single one has the name of an author or where it was published. This means that the management is very likely to have written these positive reviews themselves.
- Vanity Management, Zebra Management, The Lounge and The Light Room are not listed companies. They are not in Yellow Pages, they have no professional reviews - they have never been mentioned anywhere except by wannabe models stating who they work for, and worried girls wanting to know if it is a con or not.
Saturday, 15 September 2007
Suspicious Facts
Here are a few facts which should make you very wary of these two agencies:
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3 comments:
Cat, you are absolutely right, and I am pleased that you decided to make a blog about this. I urge all other young women and girls to voice their concerns, experiences and complaints about these manipulative companies here.
Please challenge their actions too. You have a strong case against them and there are a number of complaints you can rais about the way in which they 'managed' you in order to get out of the ridiculosly deceitful contract they obtained from you (probably undr duress). They make a number of claims/ statement s which they do not fulfil or which they themselves undermine. Talk to your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau, The Office of Fair Trading and Consumer Direct. They will give you excellent advice and will help you free of charge.
Also, contact your bank IMMEDIATELY if you had your card cloned or copied by them (mine was). Your bank will not be happy about this, as your card is the property of te bank and this practice is not legal.
If you are a good write and want to discuss this issue with other girls, then consider writing a strory about these companies for a magazine or newspaper. Write a draft and take it to the magazine. These modeling scams have been widely attacked in recent months, and there is undoubtedly an appetite for exposes of these companies' malicious and illegal behaviour and contractual set-ups.
Thanks for your blog, by the way!
Incidentally, I apologise for the awfl spelling mistakes! I was in a hurry to say all that I wanted to.......
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