SCAM!!! SCAM!!! SCAM!!! DO NOT TRUST!!!They called me out of the blue saying they saw my details on an application and were impressed eventhough I never applied. I ignorantly decided to trust them at first due to their tricky sales tactics. I live in Manchester and was invited to an interview at their office in Croydon, London. I decided to take a day off work and go spending a vulgar amount just to get there. As I got there, they had me waiting for 2hours and then took me in to take some portfolio pictures. As I was 18 at the time, they made my sister accompany me. During the interview, they asked various questions which I answered appropriately. The man interviewing then said are you ready to get started and I said yes, he asked me to pay a £100 refundable deposit. When I asked why, he claimed it’s just an insurance policy as I am 18 and he brushed the fact that I brought my sister. I was then made to wait a further one hour until they made me do a catwalk then called me into their office to tell me “congratulations, they will give me an opportunity. I was over the moon until they took me through the details of the contract. He showed me the different modelling boards. He said one is £300, the gold one is £750 and the premium package is £1000!!!! He then said but I know which one would be the best for you, lo and behold he suggested the premium one. I was gobsmacked, I asked him why I had to pay when I, as the prospective model would be bringing the business revenue. He responded it is due to business costs, paying for my photos and getting me work etc. This is when my alarm bells rang and I realised this is a scam. I told them I was no longer interested, he continued to attempt to pressure me to sign the contract. I finally told him sternly no and requested for my “refundable” deposit back. He claimed that the lady in the finance department had gone home and I would have to call back on Monday. My mind knew this was dodgy as their office and number of employees is not well established enough for them to start labelling departments. Anyway, I had to hurry to catch my train back to Manchester, which I missed and had to pay for another one. Fast forward to Monday, I called them and requested my money back. They started gaslighting me suggesting they never said it was refundable. I was transferred on the phone to the interviewer who interviewed me and he started speaking to me in a patronising manner saying “this is why we don’t like bringing 18 year olds, you are not mature enough etc.” He said the £100 was to pay for the pictures they took of me and for the interview even though they never agreed to send me the pictures which the first email they ever sent to me said they would free of charge. They finally said they would send it back but can only do this in 2 weeks time. After 2 weeks, I once again tried contacting them and they never got back to me. DO NOT USE!!! SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM!!!! BUSINESS OWNER WOULD BE IMPRISONED IF IT WAS UP TO ME!!
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