If you’ve been reading my blog, or logging into the Star Search Casting ( www.StarSearchCasting.com ) website each day, then you’ve learned lots of ways to determine if you’ve been contacted by a scammer. Our users are becoming extremely cautious and diligent and we’ve gotten lots of emails from members who avoided scams thanks to all of the information that’s been provided on SSC.
Star Search Casting has become a leader when it comes to using cutting-edge technology to help singers, actors, dancers and models land dream jobs in the entertainment industry. But we’re also a leader when it comes to using technology to keep our members safe while using resources and tools on the Internet. While we’ve shared lots of information with you on how you can use your own investigative skills to avoid entertainment scams, we’ve also been using our technological expertise to uncover potential scams. One way we do that is by looking up potential scammers IP Addresses to determine if they are legitimate. An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that computers use in order to identify and communicate with each other.
Here’s a recent message that we came across:
"Hi there am into a particular show in Texas and i was wandering if you might be interested flight and accommodation expenses are funded more information do contact Melvin Terrence
Fashion and Style
tfashionstyle@aol.com"
Mr. Terrence claimed that he was based in Westland, Michigan. But upon further investigation, we discovered that his IP address (77.220.4.118) is in Nairobi, Kenya. That was a key detail that tipped us off to his scam. If you’re contacted by Mr. Terrence, BEWARE!
In the upcoming months we will continue to be diligent when it comes to uncovering potential modeling scams and keeping our members safe from scammers and harmful activity on the Internet. Be sure to log in to www.StarSearchCasting.com and review the Scam Alert each day for the latest information on Internet scams targeting singers, dancers, actors and models.
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