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Scam test

If it already happened

It was not your fault. If it happened to you

Scammers are professionals at this; you were not. Whatever happened, money, photos, a meeting that went wrong, there are concrete steps that make it better, and people who will help without judging.

Keep everything

Messages, profiles, phone numbers, email addresses, payment receipts, the photos they sent you. Screenshots with dates. Do not delete the conversation, however much you want to: it is the evidence every report will need.

Report it where you met them

Every serious modelling site and social network has a report button. Use it, and describe what happened. It protects the next person, it starts a paper trail, and on a well-run platform it gets the scammer removed.

Report it to the police

Fraud, extortion with images and sexual coercion are crimes almost everywhere. Reporting is free, you can bring someone with you, and many police forces have online reporting for cybercrime. Bring your screenshots.

If images were shared, get them taken down

Report the images to the platforms where they appear; most have dedicated forms for intimate images shared without consent. Services such as StopNCII.org help prevent images from being spread further. You do not need to explain yourself to anyone to use them.

Tell someone you trust

A friend, a parent, a partner, a teacher, a helpline. You do not have to carry it alone, and you do not have to have all the answers before you talk. People who care about you will want to help.

Shame is exactly what a scammer counts on. Talking is how it loses its grip. None of this was your fault.

References

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The model scam test

Eight quick questions about the offer you received. The verdict follows the six warning signs of a model scam. Nothing is stored; nobody but you sees your answers.

  1. 1 Did they ask for photos in underwear or nude, "to see your body" or "to assess you"?

    Agencies assess new faces with polaroids: plain clothes, natural light, no make-up.

  2. 2 Did they give you details you can check yourself: the client, an agency name, a landline, an office address, a website?

    Facts you can confirm on your own, not screenshots or logos.

  3. 3 Are you being asked to pay anything before working: a registration fee, a book, a course, travel or visa costs?

    Agencies earn when you earn.

  4. 4 Are you being pressured: decide today, keep it confidential, or annoyance and bad manners the moment you ask questions?

    Real professionals expect to be checked and never mind the questions.

  5. 5 Can you bring a friend or a parent to the first meeting, in an office, a studio or a public place?

    Real castings happen in offices and studios, and nobody minds your friend in the waiting room.

  6. 6 Did they ask to move the conversation to WhatsApp, Telegram or a personal email right away?

    Off the platform, nothing can be reported.

  7. 7 Have they threatened to publish or send photos of you if you don't send more, do another shoot or meet them (or pay)?

    That is blackmail, a crime. Do not send more, keep everything, report it.

  8. 8 Have you found the agency or photographer yourself (their own website, their own phone number) and confirmed the offer with them?

    The one step that defeats almost every scam.