Friday, December 7, 2007

Scam scam scam.....

Hello Dear,

How are you.I hope you are doing great.I am Joseph Smith, Press secretary for Abigail Betz, owner of Abigail Betz House of Couture.

I was just taking a tour of the website as I plan to organise a fashion show soon.Most importantly, we're planning to launch the label big in Singapore, hence, I am searching for someone/individuals who I can use for my promotions( billboards,posters,flyer).

I really like your work and think you can be that person.Kindly email me immediately at abigailbetzcouture1@yahoo.com for more info.

To learn more about Abigail Betz,visit the following links:
http://www.sanlamsafashionweek.co.za/index.php?s=glr&gallery=ABIGAIL%20BETZ

http://www.sanlamsafashionweek.co.za/index.php?s=glr&gallery=ABIGAIL%20BETZ

http://www.addictlab.com/labfiles/?page=profile&user=2420

http://www.women24.com/Women24/Glamour/Fashion/Article/0,,1-6-8-168_13438,00.html

http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/herlife/fashionandbeauty/local_fashion/803169.htm


Have a great day.

Yours faithfully,

Barr. Joseph Smith.
Abigail Betz House of Couture
56 Schilbach Street, Parys
South Africa
Email: abigailbetzcouture1@yahoo.com (preferred email)
Press secretary: joseph_smith1960@yahoo.com
+2348072797103
+23483 693 0175
+23456 817 7911
EST. DATE: 1996


Got this email last week... felt weird... somehow the wordings is like the nigerian scam.. Felt suspicious... anyways... did a search on the internet... n wad do u know... seems like alot of other people go hit too... mostly models...
http://www.google.com/search?q=abigail%20betz%20scams&sourceid=mozilla2&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

i emailed them back anyway... haha...

then i got this....

Hello Ukay,

Great to hear from you, absolutely wonderful as I was really hoping you would respond to our call (by that I mean myself and Joseph). I am in love with your work and I am really confident that you will do the Abigail Betz clothing Line proud by promoting my label with your very nice talent.I saw your profile on model mayhem.

Well the shoot is gonna be held at the exclusive resort and beach in sentosa tanjong beach and the date for the shoot totally depends on you as I am aware of the fact that you have your own life and hence do not want to disrupt it with my shoot.Whatever date you choose will have to be any date btw the 13th of Dec and the 18th of Dec.

You will be paid the total amount of $2000 .

I will refer you to the travel agency who will be responsible for organising your hotel accomodation, transportation, insurance policy,etc.

There will be a swim suit pose, head shot,etc but I am assuring you that there will be no total nudity.Please send your recent work when responding to this email ( head shot and full body shot)

You will have to fill this form and send back to me via email immediately so that we can commence with whatever we need to do to make this a success.


EMPLOYMENT FORM
Please, you are to fill out this form accurately with correct information .


FIRST NAME: MIDDLE NAME: LAST NAME:

FULL ADDRESS:
ZIP CODE: COUNTRY:

HOME
PHONE: OFFICE PHONE: MOBILE:

GENDER:

AGE: NATIONALITY:

CURRENT JOB:

WORKING EXPERIENCE/SPECIALISATION:

DATE AVAILABLE FOR SHOOT( must be btw the 13th and 18th dec):

FULL SIZES/STATISTICS:

ATTESTATION
I, __________________________________hereby accept the job as a
representative/employee of the above mentioned company here in Singapore.I shall also inform the company 2 weeks
ahead if eventually l want to discontinue this job, so as to terminate
all payments coming my way to avoid conflict.
Signed by me.
..................
Your faithfully,
.....................

Moreso, please add my press secretary on your messenger as joseph_smith1960@yahoo.com as he is always online and will be available to attend to all your questions.

Looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.Have a great day.

Abigail..

Ok.. the plot thickens... what do they want? money? its only 2k...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am gald that I found your comments, I got the same email. It pisses me off. I really don't get what they want or how they will take advantage of me though?