Casting Agent Scam

[champion]

Received a congratulatory email and invitation to an audition from a Morgan Chase from K Mart Casting, claiming to be the in-house agent for K Mart. Neither he/she nor the agency exists. They emailed me shortly after I posted my theatrical resume' on Projectcasting.com. I could not find anything positive or negative online about Morgan Chase. I got scammed out of money that was supposed to pay for my trip and hotel to New York for an audition on Sunday. The address is not open on the weekend. They Fed Exed a fake cashier's check for $2450.00 and I deposited it and wired most of it minus $500 traveling expenses to their "travel agent" Ronnie Collins in Brownfield, Texas 79316. The next day they sent another check which I did not deposit, but reported it to the banks and law enforcement when I saw a different name and address on the envelope with the same phone number. I am out of some money because I did not do enough due diligence, although I had called the bank with the check number and amount to see if there was an alert on it. I should have brought it in, which I did with the second one and they immediately saw it was a fake. Don't know why my bank did not realize it at the teller window. But I learned my lesson. That is not how a real casting agent does business. Also, the names will probably change, because they are fake anyway.

[Big Al]

Can you post a copy of the E-mail along with a copy of the Header? Please remove any of your Real Life information from the post as we don't need your info, just the scammers.

Thank you,
BA

[Melokayy]

Hi, i think I got the same email as you but on/for a different date and on a different website (actorama.com). Same Morgan Chase from K mart and everything. And a supposed "audition" in New York. Their email address is: kmarttalentsearch2@gmail.com . Did you get the same email from that email address? Can you please take a look at this picture I screen shotted of the email just to make sure its the same as yours? Thanks, you're literally a life saver.

[Melokayy]

Heres the 1st picture

[Melokayy]

Hered the second half

[Melokayy]

And heres the Third

[SlapHappy]

Melokayy,

Can you get to a pc, and copy the email here with the full email headers in text form? Google cannot search images, so victims cannot find the information in the images of the email you posted. Thanks.

[Melokayy]

Sure, slaphappy. Here is the exact email:


From: k mart
Subject line: Audition Offer from K Mart

Hello Talent,

Congratulations you have been invited to our audition taking place in
Brecht Forum; 129 West 27th Street
Penthouse
New York, NY 10001


on 13-09-14.After the
audition successful talents will then be invited to Los Angeles, CA
where the final shooting will be done.



Instruction: Please respond with your contact information where a
check will be mailed out to and will be used for all traveling and
lodging expenses via a designated travel agent(more information will
be provided as we progress). You will also be provided with more
information regarding the audition,travel arrangement and
compensation.

Task & Company profile: This job is an on-going position with K Mart Agency
we continue to promote our products through TV commercials/Magazines.


Morgan Chase.

[SlapHappy]

Thanks. You saved me 15 minutes worth of fixing my typo errors.

[Melokayy]

haha no problem