Complaint Review: VAMP MODELS MANAGEMENT - Florida

OMG!!! He’s at it again you guys.  I just received an email this morning from someone who shall remain nameless.  Mr. Hanzel Anthony Barclay, who changed the spelling of his name to Hansel, is scheming once again but this time under a new alias, Vamp Models Management.  Do not trust this man or his team of crooks.  He has pulled this scam all over Florida under different agency names.  The agency that used to scam me was called Premier Models International. 

Vamp Model Management is a legitimate agency based out of New York, but Mr. Hansel is not a representative of this company.  Don’t be fooled.  He did the same thing with Premier Models International.  He uses names of real companies but from other states.  That way if you Google the company, you will ASSUME he’s the real thing; But he’s going to ruin the reputation of these companies. His method of scheming is pretty much the same.  He will tell you your pictures are not good enough or that you need pictures and try to convince you to take more pictures with their fake company. 

They have no home office.  They use shared office space that anyone that has a buck can lease out.  They are not BBB accredited.  They don’t even have a simple functioning website.  No I am not bitter, as a matter of a fact six months after I got scammed I was signed to a legitimate and prestigious talent agency, Emerge Talent, a division of Posche Models (http://www.emergetalent.com)  That’s the agency I recommend aspiring models and actresses contact for work.  They do not charge a sign up fee. They will not charge you for pictures and they have work all over Florida and the country.

Vamp Model Management/ Premier Models International, however, are the devils incarnate. Stay far away if you haven’t committed to anything yet.  You did the smart thing by researching first, unlike me.  After I research Hanzel Anthony Barclay and found out he pulled this scheme more than once under different agency names, it was too late.  If you already gave them money, well then I’m sorry.  I’m not sure what you can do to get it back.  The police couldn't help me and I called a lawyer to sue but they said $500 is pointless to sue for. You will spend more than that in court fees. GOOD LUCK!

TIPS FOR NOT GETTING SCAMMED:

• NEVER pay the modeling agency for pictures. No matter what the company says. Its fine if they recommend a photographer outside of the company but never pay the actual talent agency for the photos
• NEVER pay for auditions.  Auditions are free.
  
  The company makes their money from the talent AFTER the talent book a gig and gets paid for the job, and then the agency takes their percentage.
• NEVER pay for classes through the agency. Its fine if the agency recommends an acting coach, which is what my agency told me to get, but they didn’t charge me for the class.  I found a coach that owned their own services.
• ALWAYS RESEARCH ANY COMPANY, TALENT AGENCY OR NOT

I’m going to file a report with the Attorney General, whom investigates fraud cases.  I’m also going to contact this agency in New York to warn them.  If you come across this man and his company please call the police of file a complaint.  He belongs in jail.

Please view my original rip-off report http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Premier-Models-International/internet/Premier-Models-International-Steve-Reynolds-Scam-Alert-Beware-models-actors-Beware-Ne-901678

BTW, HANSEL HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD