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"Alex" hired me for an acting job. He sent me my check. The next day he told me I needed to withdraw the cash and deposit it into a bitcoin account from where I would use the money to purchase things necessary for the acting job. I followed the instructions and 2 days later the check was found to be fraudulent and he ran off with the cash from the bitcoin. So now I paid him a significant amount of my own money.

- Chicago, IL, USA

The initial application was posted to Backstage.com and included details to submit to the email provided. Upon emailing, they asked for headshots, a resume, and other details typical for actors to submit. I then received a confirmation email regarding payment. They are claiming to be casting for a Johnson and Johnson commercial. They also claim to transfer money to reimburse the actor for wardrobe, which is what truly tipped me off. The payment process is very confusing and I believe I would have been asked to send them money first.

Below is a letter my daughter received to participate in a commercial. She is a theater student in college and had sent out her resume information to several agencies, so their initial contact did not seem unusual. Upon reading the second email, several red flags jumped out - namely she was never offered an audition, the typos in the email, the need for her banking information, the need for her to purchase $4500 of clothing and the money offered. This seems to be an actual company in California, so I am not sure this even came from them directly... To me it screams fraud.

---------- Forwarded message ---------

From: ALEXANDER SANTOS

Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:24 PM

Subject: Success Letter !

To: ***XXXX

Dear ***,

We have acknowledged the receipt of your information and application form via email, and have properly examined it. After going through your profile, Our highly esteemed Team Of Professionals have been able to access your credibility and potential.

Based on this fact, the Board of Bryanston Productions have decided to grant you an opportunity to partake in this shoot. On the above subject matter, the Bryanston Productions hereby congratulates you on your successful emergence. It is a great honor to have you in our team. Congratulations and welcome! We hope you will have an amazing time working with us, we are looking forward for the company’s success with you. We believe in your skills, talents and knowledge that you can use for our clients and company’s improvement.

Further details are as follows:

REMUNERATION : $5,000 USD [ (You will be paid an Upfront of $500) (Balance : $4,000 to be paid immediately after the shoot)

RETAINER, PRE-NEGOTIATIONS & WARDROBE EXPENSES : You’ll receive An All-In-One Check for $4,990 to cover for your upfront payment ($500) and that of your wardrobe. You’ll be using the difference ($4,490) for your wardrobe as soon as the funds clears your bank, further instructions on how to obtain your wardrobe will be provided to you. Please confirm that you understand and agree.

LOCATION OF THE SHOOT : We have to make sure everything is in place before we confirm our location booking. We are currently looking between studios because we need to pick the one available at the time you receive your wardrobe and everything is ready to go. So I'll let you know the details ahead of time as soon as you have your wardrobe in place.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS : You must be able to take directions and easy to work with. Good working relationship can mean long term working relationship with the company.

MEASUREMENT & STATS: Kindly furnish us with the information below where applicable

Age

Height

Eyes

Bust

Waist

Hips

Dress

Shoes

BILLING INFORMATION

Name on Check :

Address and apartment number (If any) :

City, State and Zip code :

Cell phone number :

RELEASE & CONTRACT LETTER : The release and agreement letter has been attached below, kindly download it, sign it and revert via email. You can also sign it electronically. Please be kind to send the measurement & stats and contract letter as soon as possible as we cannot proceed without it.

If you don’t have a print or cannot sign the model release, you can sign the attestation below :

ATTESTATION : I, the undersigned, do hereby attest that I have read, understood and agree to the terms and condition of the model release form attached to this email.

……………………………………

Name and Date

Thanks in anticipation

Alexander "Alex" Santos

Casting Director

B R Y A N S T O N P R O D U C T I O N S

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles CA 90067

www.bryanstonproductions.com

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