Modelling Scams about, people! Be aware!!!

What's the difference between a modelling agency and a model management?

My friend has been trying to get her daughter on modelling agencies books, but found out there are lots of scams in this field - just after your money...  What I found out; lots of model managements, etc are fooling people by passing themselves off as modelling agencies when actually they're not - where they don't actually find work for models.

My friend was scammed (over-charged) by a modelling management for taking her 14-year old daughter’s photographs.  But I went to her aid and got most of the money back and out of the contract, after sharing bad reviews about them and that they have been in trouble with the law before over similar scams.

And another one tried a similar scam to get money out of her by inviting her and daughter to their studio for photo test shoot to see how she will perform in front of a camera and the possibility of putting her daughter on their books and was told; there wouldn’t be any charges whatsoever for their service.  But after she’d forked out for herself and daughter’s train fares to the studio in London the test-shoot didn’t happen. The photographer looked at her daughter’s portfolio (photos were professionally taken by the over-charged management above) then said; the photos weren’t good enough…, therefore wanted her to pay him to have his own photos taken of her daughter.  But I’d advised her that they may try just that to try and get money from her; and if they do, don’t succumb to it.  She didn’t succumb…so that’s why they didn’t do test-shoot of her daughter; so sent them away feeling disappointed and shocked; plus, losing money for train fares and a wasted journey.