People of SL is this a SCAM and should it be allowed to continue????

[Kryalot]

~WE PAY $800/hour HIRING MODELS-no experience need-NEW RESIDENTS WELCOME- event to hire- look for blue box at store for instructions to apply-gowns,casual clothes,low prim furniture,body paint,tattoes,bathing suit,costumes,carnaval mask,new avatars look,pretty flexy hair,pretty avatars, models house, fashion clothes,men clothes, men hair, women clothes,women shoes, stilletos, wedges, pijamas,party clothes,land orbit,land security system.yt7e3nhy67T

My SL name is Kryalot and this is my story about this add that appears daily:

This is a total scam especially for New residents first you have to buy one of their "fashion items" dress, outfit, etc. and then you have to take your own picture in that "fashion item" and submit it. After that they contact you and tell you oh by the way you need to attend modeling school before you can do any modeling for them which will cost you $4000L  Oh one more thing that $800/hour is the max you can make it turns out most only pay $200-$600 per hour.

Now you tell me how a new residents can even come up with that kind of money. They will not let you work until you have finished their school you can't start the school until you have finished paying the full tuition and who knows what other traps they have set...I personally lost $1250. First I paid $250 for a dress which I probably could have found for $0, and when I asked if they had a payment plan (thinking I could pay after I finished school and got a job) I put $1000 down payment to start school and that is when they told me I needed to give them the whole $4000 before I could even start school. When i asked for my $1000 back because there was no way I could come up with the other $3000, they said sorry we can't do that, and all during my IM chat they kept say oh this is not a SCAM. Now I ask the people of SL is this a scam or not?

[Theresa Tennyson]

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Kryalot wrote:

~WE PAY $800/hour HIRING MODELS-no experience need-NEW RESIDENTS WELCOME- event to hire- look for blue box at store for instructions to apply-gowns,casual clothes,low prim furniture,body paint,tattoes,bathing suit,costumes,carnaval mask,new avatars look,pretty flexy hair,pretty avatars, models house, fashion clothes,men clothes, men hair, women clothes,women shoes, stilletos, wedges, pijamas,party clothes,land orbit,land security system.yt7e3nhy67T

My SL name is Kryalot and this is my story about this add that appears daily:

This is a total scam especially for New residents first you have to buy one of their "fashion items" dress, outfit, etc. and then you have to take your own picture in that "fashion item" and submit it. After that they contact you and tell you oh by the way you need to attend modeling school before you can do any modeling for them which will cost you $4000L  Oh one more thing that $800/hour is the max you can make it turns out most only pay $200-$600 per hour.

Now you tell me how a new residents can even come up with that kind of money. They will not let you work until you have finished their school you can't start the school until you have finished paying the full tuition and who knows what other traps they have set...I personally lost $1250. First I paid $250 for a dress which I probably could have found for $0, and when I asked if they had a payment plan (thinking I could pay after I finished school and got a job) I put $1000 down payment to start school and that is when they told me I needed to give them the whole $4000 before I could even start school. When i asked for my $1000 back because there was no way I could come up with the other $3000, they said sorry we can't do that, and all during my IM chat they kept say oh this is not a SCAM. Now I ask the people of SL is this a scam or not?

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The people who set up this scheme can probably get away with it by arguing that it's "roleplaying", but there's no way you'll actually come out ahead financially. "Modeling" isn't a real way to make money in SL because it would be just as easy for a fashion designer to create their own avatar and use it than to pay someone else. Lindens are worth real money in SL and you should be very wary of anyone who tells you that they're willing to pay you a comparatively high sum  of money like this for a low-skilled "job" - it's probably too good to be true.

[Muletta]

Every time I look in search for events, this ad appears...I have sometimes wondered, if the place has forgotten to put an L in front of the $ sign....$800 is quite a lot of money in SL, so it has to be a typing error, I thought.

I twice visited this place, one of the first times I saw announced in "events". I was curious about the "typing error" I admit. :matte-motes-bashful-cute-2:       But the place was empty both times, which surprised me, because I have learned that when an event is advertised in search, there has to be a host there during the time  the event happens...

I do not know if it is a scam or not...but as said, I have sometimes wondered what this whole thing is about - so thank you for telling about your visit there.

[Lindal Kidd]

A couple of points here...

Most of the "modeling schools" in Second Life are, in my opinion, not worth the money.  Most models don't actually make any money, and even if you get a gig, the payment will be in the designer's clothes.

How can you afford these high prices?   The same way most of us do...by buying some $L with a credit card or PayPal.  Assuming, of course, that you really want to spend you money on something like this, which I don't recommend.  Buy some $L, sure, but then use them to buy your own clothes and accessories.

Is this a scam?  Yes, again in my opinion.  However, it's not against the Terms of Service.  Second Life does not protect the gullible, and you shouldn't expect them to.

[paddyspub]

Shouldn't this be in the main forum?