asurroca

I read your post with great interest.

I know a great deal about this individual and his operations. Email me directly if you like.

You wrote “Pearlman was somehow able to get through the investigation”. FYI, Canadian investigator Les Henderson (www.crimes-of-persuasion.com) just published the startling book “Under Investigation” about the WSN affair, revealing how Lou did it. Buying judges, State attorneys, your maybe future governor Charly Crist, you name it. Corruption galore!

Compliments for your digging and writing skills. Mr Defrawy could use a guy like you at his office, if only you didn’t have scruples. I am curious about your visit. Did he try to hire you? LOL!

toospoiled has contacted me through Career Builder. What do I need to do?

First off, don’t reply or send them any of your information!

Second, complain at the links I mentioned, just so that you can add to the body of complaints, so that the justice system has something to look for when (inevitably) Defrawi goes to far and gets the police after him again.

After that, make sure whatever job search you use, that you select to keep your information private. These sites don’t seem to be able to track illegitimate postings, so your private information is not safe there.

hey,
(saw your posting at blog.dicio.us)

I’ve gotten that same TooSpoiled email,and I’m noticing an increase of job scams coming directly to people’s inboxes. Whereas before, we’d click them and get roped in, now it’s becoming tougher to pick up on these things because they’re sending US emails making it look like they want us to work for them.

Great post.

wow they contacted me - i have a conference call scheduled for tuesday for ‘casting manager’ - mabee it would make a good time to call them out - what do you think? also, what’s the status of your reporting this scam to the proper authorities?

Well, naturally, nothing really came of reporting them. Once I get to Downtown Orlando, I’m going into phase two and checking out the building they’re supposedly located in.

I’d say you should record the conference call; it would be great for a laugh–of course, without consent, you could never actually use anything said in the recording, but hey, we’re looking for a laugh, right? Seriously, ask them some interesting questions and see what their answers are. I’m sure they’ll be great.

Wow. I also have a conference call on tuesday and am starting to believe that all this is true. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this. I suggest you e-mail me.

I came across your post by searching toospoiled through myspace.. yours was the first to pop up. I also have a conference call scheduled for friday. I was leary about the whole thing in the first place as I have been scammed before. This time I found it very hard to find scam posts about it, well until I came across yours. You are very believable and I applaud your research, etc. Thanks.

I am curious though what the scam really is? Is it that they email you without your permission or much more? That information I have been unable to find. If it is a scam Id like to know more. My experience with scams is usually wanting money to start, etc. I havent seen any of that so far from toospoiled. Maybe I will during the conference call.. I dunno. I also worked in the modeling business for some time and what they say they offer seems legit and though much cheaper then other agencies, it is plausable.

You are right though, the logo is hilarious.

So I’m basically asking.. what is the Scam?
(sorry for rambling)

Steph

Steph, perhaps you should use a real search engine instead of myspace. Some pretty good analyses out there.

TooSpoiled spams job applicants with e-mails on file at job sites with scout manager positions.

People sign up to be scout managers, and are then encouraged to get as many people signed up as talent scouts as possible.

Talent scouts troll hang-outs looking for wannabe models, and get them to sign up for toospoiled.com.

Wannabe models have to pay for booking if they actually get any booking requests. Apparently, there are even fake casting calls where they try and get them to pay a few hundred bucks for something or other.

Now, if/when said model gets booked, $1 of their fee goes to the talent scout who scouted him/her, and $0.25 to the scout manager who scouted the talent scout.

Sound like a pyramid scheme yet?

Well, most of the people are asked to be a casting manager, and go find talents. Today I got an e-mail from them and they want me to be their site moderator, and the e-mail was send from a name signed as Bethany Reagan.

Fake or real? Please let me know before I waste my time with them.

Hey,
I also got an email from Bethany Reagan to be a site moderator…how does a site moderator fit into the scam??

So I guess I want to know also…Fake or real?

You know, Ceci and Mike, I’m stumped on that one. However, since all their job solicitations have the same template, just with a different job title, I’m going to guess that they’ll just ask you to sit through the same “conference call” and try to get you to recruit people, despite the job title.

Wow, you and must be on the same page because I just got an e-mail from them stating “That I’d be a great candidate for the “Talent Scout” position”. Mind you that I’m a college student with only two previous jobs on my resume that they happened to see on Hotjobs.com. I have no experience or for mentioned skills in “scouting talent” so I decided to glance at their trashy site. Needless to say I quickly marked them off as a scam of some sort. I’m glad you did your research and shared it with the world.

I looked for jobs on craigslist and this one contacted me.I thought right away it had to be a scam because I have no photos or info about modeling or acting related work that would result in somebody saying I looked like a candidate for this kind of work.So far, looking for jobs on craigslist has given me nothing but scam spam.Anyway, I don’t open photos/files attachments in email or click on links in emails…so thanks for doing the digging into this scam!

I also received an e-mail from toostupid oops I ment TooSpoiled.com was offered a position as a Site Moderator. The funny thing about it is that I was qualified for the position. What caught me on was after I filled out the application. These on line universities were calling me. Then I did some investigating…. I guess I was gullable…Thank you very much for taking the time to have something like this for people to look at…GREAT JOB GETTING THE WORD OUT LIKE YOU DID. It’s December, so Marry Christmas and have a great new and safe year!!!!! God Bless you Brother!!!!! From T.D a little bit wiser and causius..

they just emailed me too….Bethany Reagan in fact…This should be interesting.

I just posted my resume on monster and got the one from bethany reagan. seeing as i’m only in my first semester of college and very under qualafied in the IT industry, i doubt i’d be a very good or effective site moderator.

i got an email from them too, but they job they’re offering is in their accounting department.. this whole thing is a scam??

I got the offer, went on the conference call, watched the presentation, applied, got accepted and even ordered the business cards off their website. I’m looking to see if the cards will be posted to my card I will cancel the transaction. I will hate to destroy the card as well. Everything SEEMED legit until I checked the website itself as a wannabe actor/model. Then I knew something was up this thing barely worked at all. And the online college crap was unavoidable. That’s when I got a clue and looked this all up myself. I’ll see if I get thousands of dollars charged on my card tomorrow if so I will be in hell with online theft.

The whole Bethany Reagan thing… involving the college, asks about outstanding student loans.

Since half the spam reports I viewed on this mentions “getting their employees to work for free”… I’m willing to bet they’ll offer work to people to “pay off their loans” without paying them. This most likely includes at least some of the people working at these casting calls where they take money from people.

I don’t know for sure. I got contacted by them through careerbuilder.com and after clicking their link, I got real suspicious.

This guy found my resume on Monster.com. Aparently my 9 years in the Marine Corps makes me the ideal casting director - who knew? Thanks for the leg work and heads up. It stunk of scam and you confirmed. I know some posters are asking what the scam is: Past performance is the best predictor of future behavior.

layla I got the e-mail for accounting also. It all seems like a scam to me.

Wow…Bethany must be a busy woman! She has emailed me as well about a site moderator position. I did respond prior to digging up the dirt on these guy so we will see where this goes. I am interested on how the site moderator position fits in with the whole scam? My guess is that they will say that all moderator positions have been filled but they can offer me a talent scout position. We’ll see!

Thank you so much for posting this, because I got an offer for the Site Moderator position, I applied and then they said they could not offer me the position at this time and offered me the talent scout position and that I must attend a conference call. I am glad I did some digging so I did not waste 45 minuted of my life on this scam…Thanks again!

Bethany is a very busy girl! I just rec’d an email invite from her to be a Customer Service Rep. Interesting that my career backround is Finance and I’d be “perfect for this position in the modeling world”!!

Too funny…seems like a joke. Sad that the legitimate sites like Monster, Hotjobs, etc. are just funnels for these scam artists.

good luck everyone-don’t bite!!

-Sarah

p.s. the address that I found is listed as lower manhattan-a couple doors down from the salon i get my hair done at! maybe i’ll pay them a visit next time i’m down there :)

I got an email for a web developer the reason to suspect a scam are obvious every time I get an email for job solicitation I check it out first. If you decide to go to the site I would suggest that you have upto date antivirus/antispyware since it may be possible that the scam can be you going to the site they install a trojan or some other type of malware and get your information.

just keeping you on the line laters
gX

I received the same email, reluctant at first, I decided to give it a try. I have worked with them for over 30 days to receive a commission check for $5.00! I immediately contacted this Michael B person three times today and yesterday and I am still waiting for a response. I also asked for a direct phone number for him. I am keeping my eyes wide open now and will advise

I was contacted by TooSpoiled.com as well for a job as a Talent Scout. I attented the confrence call and watched the slide. I was very hesitent about giving out info, but everything form the 90 minute training call seemed legit and they didnt ask for a set up fee. Once I saw the site and how poor quality it was I figured this must be a scam, because what Company would have such a cheezy site especially for a modeling agency. My red flags went up before I started recruting people to get beat for their money or even worse I get beat for mines I decided to do my home work. I appreciate all the research and if anyone knows anymore info on the Company oranyone that has worked for them and knows if they even pay their employees for work done. Thank you for this very informative post.
S.W in CT

It is really getting so interesting.. I also received the same haunting message from Bethany, but my offer is Customer Service Representative. I thought I would share this, because mine seems to be a tad different from everyone’s. I aimed low since I moved outside of a metropolitan, so this offer didn’t seem to be that wacky.
Thanks for the little chat, because it does seem, that these people is shady to say the least.

Thank you so much for all the effort you put into this. I was also contacted, but couldn’t find the scam immediately even tho I had my doubts about it.

Hey! Wow, this is crazy. I actually work for Toospoiled. Although I haven’t been putting enought effort into it. I didn’t even give themmy w9 form. Prolly good. Hey Kay Ladee, did you ever get ur check? Let me know, thanks.

Thank you, assuroca. Just got an email from Bethany for a Web Developer position. Naturally, run the web search for both the company and the recruiter’s name, and found sufficient number of references to scam to disregard the email. Yet, this description was interesting reading, so I read all posted here. Thanks to all commentators as well.
A question for all: if one posts a resume on line but choses privacy, e.g. does not make it searchable, does it mean possibly limiting (legitimate) opportunities? (Perhaps for a different forum..hmmm. Don’t want to hijack the theme here.)

At first I thought I had a real position offering. I’m a programmer/used to be a web developer. I just put my resume up on the net and got this within a week. Except mine was asking for web developers. I’m really interested in what scam they could be pulling on this one. I would expect an hourly or yearly salary for this type of position. I kind of want to apply and see what they come back with. Has anyone else been “recruited” for their web developer position? Maybe this one is legit for an unlegit service since they actually would need real programmers? Either way I couldn’t imagine working for such a company, but now I’m curious.

I also received an e-mail from toospoiled.com. today but unfortunaltely i replied immediately. What can i do now?

Thank you for your leg work, I too got an e-mail for the Site Moderator position. Its a shame that this stuff is out there. I filled out the info and the college info and got a call within minutes from one of the “colleges”, go figure. It looks like toospoiled has another person now “sending” out these e-mails a Margo Freeman. Here was my follow up e-mail after the initial e-mail.

Dear Max ***,
Our records indicate that you applied for the Site Moderator Position on 02/26/07. We have received your application and feel you meet the initial requirements for the position. I would like to recommend you to our Senior Administrative Assistant in your region as a qualified candidate.

While we are reviewing your information for this position, please visit our website at

http://www.TooSpoiled.com:

On the front page of the application you will find a login prompt. Please login using the following:

Username: (my e-mail address)

Password: (my last name)

When you login, you will be asked to verify your information for approval. Then we will ask for some additional information from you to help in the final hiring decision. Once you complete this process, your application will be forwarded for final review and you will be contacted directly by the Senior Administrative Assistant for your area.

Kind Regards,
Margo Freeman
Human Resources

I got one of these emails.

Check the BBB.

Most legitimate employers will simply pick up the phone and call you not contact you via email god help us the day the scammers start doing that..just watch out

I think the key here is too good to be true scenarios…I was emailed the Bethany Reagan version
just yesterday. If you have your resume online simply google a name you don’t recognize and if you see Scam come up just trash it!!

I got a call from someone at toospoiled wanting to interview me over the phone and then they asked me if i wanted information on education!

04/04/07 - and they’re still at it - with impunity. post your resume’ at monster and you get bombarded. eband, ask-america, too spoiled etc etc. research further and you will find that the eband kicker even praises its “legit” owner and about being a nevada corp (las vegas draw?). anyway, the folks running eband share an address and phone number in henderson nv with network solutions - a domain name registering company. network solutions also runs its own mass recruiting operations. network solutions is the domain registering company that registered hundreds of copy cat names on celebs and politicians (running copy cat names on businesses can be illegal) with links to porn, drug proliferation etc. several of those targeted congressmen are trying to write law to address this glitch in the constitution. fact is that all of these ventures are out there and like the bunny - “still going….”

Another sucker here. Wow. I can’t believe I responded and what the heck are they phishing for? What are the possible negative consequences of corresponding with this slezebag if you don’t get sucked into “working ” for them?? Anyone? I honestly can’t believe CareerBUilder has anything to do with them..that’s amazing too.

i actually “work” for toospoiled.com. I was worried at first but attended the conference call and everything sounded legit. I attended the second one too and ordered my business cards…which i never got…but i also gave them my W9. Stupid I know but now i’m trying to find out if i gotta worry about ID theft and all that. Anyone in the same position as me?

Bummer! They “got me” too - just over the past two days. Must have gotten my resume from hotjobs - just posted it a week or two ago - that’s troubling. I received their email with the customer service rep scenario. Unfortunately I didn’t get suspicious until the second phase with part two of the online application. Why do they ask if you’re interested in going back to school? The final red flag went up when, in the midst of their “job application,” they asked if I was interested in starting a home based business and then requested a bunch more info. I have a gut reaction that each of the “layers” are actually once scammer bringing in another scammer who also gets to “feed off of” your info. How does one become so toxic?! I’m grateful I found out before it went any further. I didn’t realize there were a lot of employment scams online, but now I’ll be more aware. Thanks so much for the information.

Unfortunately, I jumped onboard with these guys. I was working full time with another company but thought I could do the Scout Manager thing part time for some extra cash. I didn’t get too far. I did, however, fax in the w-9 form they wanted never thinking it’s a scam. I had a second conference call but never attended and they pulled my scouting number away from me. I never made any money because all the talent I found did not enter in their Credit Card numbers to become a full member. I’m fine with not working for them. After reading this blog, I’m a little worried that my SSN that I had put on that W-9 will be used for something terrible. I have alerts put on my credit report just to make sure that I see all the credit reporting done with my number. Does anyone else have this worry? Is there anyone that has been working with these people?

TooSpoiled.com contacted me after I updated my resume on Monster. I stupidly applied for a Site Manager position without researching the company first. The only info they have is my email address, PO box address and phone number….what can they do with that? I’m hoping nothing.