So I’ve had the same issue the past few days and it is in fact illegal for them to ask for a deposit, they are only allowed to charge for things like photography costs but after a 30 day cooling off period. I called them out on this today and the boy I had been corresponding with ‘Sully Sulaimaan’ after he panicked a bit at what I was saying and put me on hold for a couple of minutes he got very defensive and rude, telling me that if I was happy to continue my boring life, which it isn’t (just got back from travelling around South America for three months) then that was fine. He was also unable to provide me with an address of the studio where he wanted to me go in London. Said it was between Oxford Circus station and Tottenham Court Road - yes babe, there are a lot of buildings in between those two locations ... anyway I ended the phone call abruptly and reported it to citizens advice bureau. I then received an email from him containing the address 199 hardour st. Which I then search, it can up with a few modelling agencies there, none of which were GT, and also a search result from scambusters. DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE. The guy Sulaimaan, also told me he was 19, that he received 17,000 applicants a year and took on two a day.. he was saying how they are the only ‘five star platform’ in the uk and are apparently huge.. I have a friend who is a rather successful model, he has never heard of them. They also only have roughly 3000 followers on Instagram, which I pointed out the boy on the phone, he didn’t like this, started comparing themselves to Tesco’s 😂 he was like yeah how many Instagram followers do you think Tesco’s has? The answer is about 235k .. point being he was very defensive, of this were a legitimate agency then the so-called ‘agent’ would have been far more patient and understanding at my worries of this being a scam, and if they had truly wanted to sign me, then they would have made me every reassurance they could. BE WARNED ONLY GO TO MODELLING AGENCIES WITH ABSOLUTE CREDIBILITY.