- Report: #576469
Complaint Review: W Casting - New York City New York
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anonymous -
, New York, United States of America
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W Casting
224 W. 35th Street New York City, 10001 New York, United States of America
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212-244-4330
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W Casting World Management Talent using fake castings to lure talent for NY "audition", in order to promote $99 subscription casting service New York City, New York
W Casting (aka World Management Talent) is running a scam on Craigslist. They are posting what looks like legitimate modeling or acting castings (one involved a T-shirt/jeans fashion shoot), as a pretense for inviting in talent to a supposed "audition", and instead pushing the purchase of a "casting subscription".
They contact the model or actor by phone, and invite them to a casting at their Manhattan offices. They represent that they are a casting company and that you are being invited to an actual casting.
Once you arrive, you will be seated in a tiny cramped, dark, waiting room with 6 or 7 others models/actors who were also invited. You are called in as a group and introduced to the owner (Brad West), who immediately talks about how much money you can make as an "extra". Huh?? At no time, is their any mention of the actual paying job which was posted, and that you thought you were auditioning for. Everyone then leaves his office and is called in again, one at a time to meet with Brad.
During the individual meeting with Brad, he pushes hard for you to buy a $99 casting subscription service, bragging that there are 55,000 castings available that you can submit yourself for, and that his company also has "private" castings for which they will submit you.
After each person meets with Brad, they are escorted out a different entrance, thru a series of tiny dumpy rooms filled with old furniture and other junk. They are intentionally separated so that they do not have the opportunity to interact with anyone else remaining in the waiting area.
W Casting misrepresents themselves as a legitimate casting company. They make their money repackaging other company's castings, and pushing headshots. They have a sign over their door when you walk in which says they "don't provide any modeling or acting jobs" but "only photographic services". Unfortunately, that is not how they represent themselves on the phone. And it hasn't prevented them from posting castings online to lure people to their office for fake auditions. Be aware.
