Day 856 of 365 Again.
Sigh…
So I got a killer job offer this morning. Fashion photographer for a shoot on the coast of Africa in Benin. Why am I not happy then? I mean, €22,500 (a little over $30K, US)for ten days of work that I love in a gorgeous location. What could be wrong with that?
Oh yeah, that’s right… it’s a scam.
You’ll note how close it is to Nigeria, land of deposed princes who need your help getting their money out of the country.
Well, now those wacky scammers are preying on unsuspecting models and photographers. So if you get mail from Chris Tann with a job offer that sounds too good tom be true…. well, it is. Scam details are here.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to filling out a million christmas cards for this poor kid who’s dying of cancer and wants nothing more than to be in the Guinness Book before he goes.
I need to get my passport in order so I can do this too!
Oh, that just sucks! Because how incredibly fantastic would it be if it were real?
Man, that would have been good. But, at least it provided a concept for your photo today! teeheehee.
Good fpr you, though, with the Christmas Cards, as if you’re not busy enough!
Christmas cards for a dying kid? Sounds like an urban legend to me. I spend my free time collecting pop tops from aluminum cans, which can be redeemed to buy people time on dialysis machines.
(I guess that one’s getting kind of dated.)
sigh… I was already dusting off the passport to be your assistant gopher or something. Nuts.
I was supposed to go on a mission trip to Nigeria but I dont’ got 3,000$ :[
@You know what Jim: heh… you really want to? And that reminds me. I need to get mine updated.
@BeguilingSunflower: Oh yeah, sure… especially considering the rate.
@sassyshannon999: heh… the christmas card thing was a joke, based on another internet scam.
@madmolecule: yeah… pretty much
@lrayholly: heh… well, if you can find me a real gig like that, you can totally be my assistant.
@Chaparral [Kendra]: wow… it costs $3000 to go help people? That sucks.
: Well most of it is flight and living situation; http://www.initiativesinternational.org/opentrips/Nigeria Flier.pdf – more info.
@Chaparral [Kendra]: still sucks that you couldn’t afford to do it.
: Yep. Sucks that giving back had to have a price. I do enough small things but that’d be ace and major!
merry christmas mav….and i’m glad you’re not easily scammed!!