Identity Management - Modelling Platform Scam or Genuine?

Hi...I've just had a call from identity management today and they've asked me to go for a shoot next Thursday inSoho...the address they're sending me is genuine....is this a scam? Louis sounded very convincing but I need to know as I'm traveling from Newcastle

Hi there, I know exactly how you feel. Toxic comments about everything can be frustrating and leave you sceptical about everything. I myself applied online with identity management and received an email a few days after saying that they would get in touch if I was to be successful. About a week later I received a phone call saying that I had been shortlisted. That the next step would be a photo shoot. And if I was successful after the shoot they would help me move forward with my career as a model. So I was still not sure but decided to go ahead. So I paid the deposit and booked my coach tickets to London. The shoot was only a week away. I had to bring with me 7/9 outfits for the shoot. That was the complicated bit. Anyways I managed to sort everything out and travelled to London that week with my best friend. (NEVER GO ALONE!!!) we finally arrived at the studio it wasn’t what we expected at all everything seemed so professional. And all the staff were so friendly and reassuring. The photographer I had assigned to my shoot was a small blond lady very professional and very lovely to work with. It was an exhausting and emotional experience but 100% worth every minute they made me feel like a million dollars for a day. After the shoot I had to fill some paperwork in and decide if I wanted to buy my portfolio. I did in the end I’m not paying a payment plan with them to be paid off by January. I will then receive the photos via email. The photos are quit expensive but worth it. I cannot wait to receive them. I also was successful with joining their platform to start moving forward with finding agencies and future work. This is my personal experience to this day I still feel like it could be a scam but I’m gonna take the risk and not loose the chance. I hope this could be of some help to you in making a decision.

Don't get me wrong. I'm sure you would enjoy the shoot, but it depends what you hope for out of it. I'm a 50 year old mum, who modelled for 8 years all over the world, and have friends that run top model agencies in London and New York, so I have a fair bit of experience. Unless you are spectacular looking you need to be at least 5ft 8 inches, be no larger than a size 8, probably a size 6 these days, and also have a look that they like to do any high end modelling. There are all sorts of different types of modelling though - people do smaller, regional stuff, car shows, promotional work etc, but there's no way you're going to London Fashion Week if you fall into that category. In the fashion world there's no such thing as 'guaranteed a place'. You are represented by an agency free of charge - in return for which they take a cut of your earnings (it used to be 20%). You can leave any time and they can let you go anytime if things don't work out - you are basically self-employed and will pay tax as such. If you would really like to try to be a model and think you'd fall into the category above I could list a few agencies that are respectable, if you

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Hello,I would be interested in the list of Agencies. Are there any age restrictions? I do not fall for the height as I am just 5'3 but I am size 6. As I got a call from ID Modeling, but reading all these I do not want to go and pay for pictures if there is no real opportunity of modeling.Thank you

Hello, i hope i can help anyone that reads this post, I used to work at "ID Model Management" Please read the article below Everything in this article is real - The owner Oliver James now Oliver Valiyev is a scammer and so is the company

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-teenagers-dream-becoming-model-11612577

Also involved in the scam is Hannah And Gisela

The people at the studio are also involved.

The people that call you to book you in are not involved! We thought it was a legit job and we get told by the managers that it is real but you soon get to see what is really happening.

Do not pay for any portfolios or any deposits they ask for

It is for sure a scam . Don’t fall for it ! My son did a deposit of £50 without my knowledge, and I did some research on my site . This company Identity Management, does not have a legit Adress or website. The photo shoots take place in a photostudio where they pressure sell you their overpriced portfolios . They do not have any relationships to model agencies or fashion companies. They just want to sell you worthless photo portfolios . We fortunately got the £50 pounds back from Paypal . The real Bummer is , that these scammers are still in the legal , and just try to convince you to pay a deposit and then pay up for better photos . They play with the confidence and trust of young people . If you send them an email calling them out , they threaten you .
And btw, no professional would ever call a future prospect „Hun“ in an written conversation, EVER !

Hi, if u wanna report count on me! I think if we all together report it and let the authorities know, we can do something!