Is this modeling site real or scam?

Me and my mum have recently been interested in trying to get me a modeling contract for a company, weve sent off some photos to a company named:

http://www.modelsdirect.com/be_a_model/teenagers/index.html

My mum received a call from them just now for about 30 mins offering me a contract for the company

Now here is the scamy bit: we'd have to pay Â£120 for the 3 year contract to be put on the register

Is it all too good to be true? the website is below please have a look at it for me and decide whether the site is for real or not?

Thankyou very much

http://www.modelsdirect.com/be_a_model/teenagers/index.html

I got one of these where you have to pay and said no straight away. They always say "real" model agencies take pictures for you if they think you've got a certain look. So i would say this is a scam.

I now recieve emails every other day and I also got a phone call trying to get me to sign up and pay this one off fee but they just want to make money. Try for models1 or Storm :)

NOOO.

i heard janice dickinson say
if you have to pay any money
up front it is deffinetley a scam.

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I saw a article about this on TV. It IS a scam, If they make you pay money up front & you never hear from them.

I wouldn't do it, but I'm also ugly

Natalie is right.

If you have to pay to do it - it's a scam.
For starters, they don't even have examples of anyone who has modelled for them before or the work that they have done.

See a solicitor if you want to be certain, but this one isn't true.
See if you can find a friend who can be an agent and see whether they can get your interviews to be a model.

REMEMBER: People pay YOU money because YOU are doing the work.

NOT: YOU paying people whilst YOU do the work!

Good Luck

xx

No, they're right, no reputable model agency ask for a fee up-front. Any good agency pays for your photos and takes the money back in commission. If you really think you have what it takes, try going to a modelling agency direct, they usually have open days where you can go and be assessed. Be warned, they can be brutal and very cruel when they comment on your appearance. Good luck!

Yessum. If you have to pay for classes, head shots, or anything else its a scam. Here's my story about the biggest scam company for modeling/acting: John Robert Powers.

Yeah they are a scam. I got the card in the mail. "Nailed" the audition. My mom paid $2,000 for me to attend their "modeling school". Had a phony audition one Saturday with a phony director. Missed a few classes made some up. Showed up to class one day and they were shut down by the State of Texas. They have an F rating on BBB's site, look them up. They have been sued so many times. Please don't be an idiot and fall for them.

I don't know about them in particular, but chances are companies like this don't even stay around for 3 years. Once it has enough complaints filed against it, they will close their doors and reopen a week later under a new name, but operating the same scams.

Real agencies NEVER charge you upfront for registration or listing fees.

Also, watch this clip from BBC Watchdog about modeling scams and what to watch out for. If you've paid any money, you have 7 days to get a full refund

not only is the money a red flag but if the website ends in .com its probably not reliable

professional modeling agencies arent allowed to charge u money just to go onto their books.

what happens usually is they'll call u in to do a free photoshoot to see if u like the work, the photos, the whole atmosphere of it, then after that u might get charged a fee to advertise u (using ur photos on their websites, brochures etc etc to get u more attention and more chances to become successful) but never before then.

scam tell your mom to read the terms and conditions.in one part it said if you get a job and make any money all the money you make goes to the agency.it is a big scam they will never get you a job and they only want your money.please do not give them any money.

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