Liar, liar, pants on fire

Dear NYMMG (Model Management Group),

First off, you are a bunch of big liars and scammers. However, I can only blame myself as I was too blinded by my own dream of stardom to realize the kind of rip-off you guys were trying to sell to hopeful models and actors like myself.

$3000 for a photoshoot with some photographer you forced me to work with¹
$1000² to print out a bunch of comp cards
$900/year to be on your “web database”

If all this upfront money isn’t bs, I don’t know what is. And the ironic thing is, of the 2 years I have worked with you, I’ve made a total of $500. Yes, $500 after spending all that money, not to mention missing classes so I can commute 5 hours on some smelly bus to New York, only to go through the same commute 3 hours later. Don’t even get me started on those times where you’d cancel castings on me after I arrived in New York.

I don’t care if you’re based in NYC, the great fashion capital of the US or if you have a page filled with your “successful models and actors” (which just looks desperate in my opinion), I have made more money and gotten more work in the DC area within the past half year than I have with YOU. Do you know how SAD and PATHETIC that is? As a matter of fact, one of my greatest achievements so far, modeling for Korto Momolu, happened through my agent in DC, not through your pompous agency.

So you know what? You can take your castings and auditions and shove them down your pants and light it on fire, because that’s exactly what you guys are, a bunch of liars. Good riddance!

No love,

MimiError processing request

The only part of this whole scam that was remotely close to being worthwhile. Those were some nice photos, but definitely not worth 3 grands. ↩
Ok, so the cost for each of these might be a bit exaggerated, but not by much. I can’t remember the exact amount. ↩

written on August 26, 2009 in Reviews, Stardom

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http://www.elocutio.nu Aleida

OMG what a rip off! So you actually spend all that money on them *gulp* Btw, I read your Tweet and thought: "WTF is blahblah group?" I went to your website and read the story which is pretty shocking! Maybe you could post a link to this post (or similar posts with a good warning in the feature) in your Tweet so it can RT over Twitter. It's insane to ask so much money and not deliver. Next to that it seems that all those big models we're spotted on the street while shopping or something

http://riyuu.org Mimi

I know right? But yeah, I've updated my tweet so hopefully people won't be confused anymore, and if they are, well, they have a link they can go to for more information

http://sunshined.org Hazel

Ugh! That's horrible! I can't believe those people! After all the money you sacrificed, you would expect to have benefited from all that, but you didn't, which sucks. They really need to clean up their act.

Hopefully they won't bother you anymore!
http://bittersky.org Melody

Any company that requires all of that payment would sound very much like a scam in Hong Kong. I didn't even know any actual agency would do that! That truly sucks though, and I can understand why it'd make you so annoyed. But as you already pointed out, your talent did not, and will not go unnoticed, it's just a shame they decided to be jerks. It looks like you're even better off without NYMMG!

I am also sure you will come across better agencies even in NY, so good luck!
http://angelasilvers.com/ Angela

That's a bummer a lot of money for nothing!! Sorry to hear!!
http://www.justkiwee.com Joann

That is dreadful. Take your photos and just run and don't look back. Who needs people like that anyway.
http://shadesofme.org Brandy

WTF. How are they getting away with that LEGALLY? Argh.
http://blog.cultureofmen.com mel

I've been told many times that any agency requiring its models to pay upfront for miscellaneous fees is always a scam

Good thing you're rid of them already!
http://www.silent-white.com/ Cat

Wow, that's pretty ridiculous. I can't believe they charge more than you've earned. Doesn't sound worth it to me!
http://hoshigirl.com Gel

That's horrible. I hate scams and such especially if you put so much effort into it then eventually realizing that everything's fake. Sheesh.
http://dollprincess.org Melle

OMG!!! that really happened? They say that if money comes up too fast, we should have second thoughts about it.. I'm sorry for what happened.. I hate scams too especially when you've been expecting something out of it and thought it was true
http://wannabe-nerd.com Daniella

Wow, that sucks, and that's a lot of money lost! I can't believe there are so many modeling agencies that just rip people off! How can they get away with it?! But at least you've learned from the experience right?
http://www.panikku.com Ongaku

Ouch 0_0 That is a lot of wasted money.
http://twentyfourcarat.net Katy

Modeling is such a risky industry to get into if you don't know anything about it. So many scammers.. but then I guess that's the same for a lot of industries.
http://herssecret.com anne

holy crap.. i swear thats a complete scam..
http://lovesnuggles.com Carissa

That's ridiculous! :O Is that a letter you actually sent? Because you totally should have if you didn't. Hehe.