26, Report:
#41692
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
Trans Continental Talent Shattered Dreams, Broken Hearts, Flowing of Tears to many on Bus ride back to Airport Rutherford New Jersey
First of all I must write that I am so excited to finally have a chance to get back at Trans Continental Talent. I didn't know a company had the audacity to screw someone over so much in such a short amount of time.
It all began two Octobers ago. I was given a card at a local...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
27, Report:
#41612
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
tctalent, tc talent, transcontinental talent, trans continental talent, options talent, emodel MODELING AGENCY LAWSUIT amended to name TC Talent RIP-OFF PART 5 OF 5 orlando Florida
PART 5 OF 5......................
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Price-Fixing as Per Se Violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act)
1. Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations of Paragraphs 1 through 85 as if set forth fully herein.
2. For least the last several years, Def...
Entity
tctalent, options talent, transcontinental talent, trans continental talent, tc talent, emodel
Categories: Modeling Agencies
28, Report:
#41617
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
tctalent, tc talent, options talent, transcontinental talent, trans continental talent, emodel MODELING AGENCY LAWSUIT amended to name TC Talent PART 2 of 5 RIP-OFF orlando Florida
...still some legal stuff- but read all the major agencies that are part of this- if they go down, so does Tran Continental talents!!!! they'll have nobody to claim they work with- this could crush all the big new york agencies (except the newer ones who started in the last 10-15 y...
Entity
tctalent, tc talent, options talent, transcontinental talent, trans continental talent, emodel
Categories: Modeling Agencies
29, Report:
#40761
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
trans continental talent, options talent, tctalent, transcontinental talent SECRET INTERNAL DOCUMENTS- must read- from current frustrated employee!! one of many Orlando Florida
PART 4- INTERNAL COMPANY DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE MERGER OF TRANS CONTINENTAL AND OPTIONS TALENT (NOW TCTALENT).....
Note:; check out compensation packages and enjoy- the O-town Mole
Other Provisions. Employee shall be entitled to such vacation benefits as is generally recei...
Entity
Transcontinental Talent, Tctalent, Options Talent, Tc Talent, Trans Continental Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
30, Report:
#40764
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
trans continental talent, options talent, tctalent, transcontinental talent PART 3- INTERNAL COMPANY DOCUMENTS- must read- hot off the press orlando Florida
HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS FOLKS- here's part #3 of the internal TCTalent document. check out the employment agreements!
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 5th day of September 2002, by and between Options Talent Group of 9000 Sunset Blvd, Penthouse, Los Angeles...
Entity
Tctalent, Options Talent, Transcontinental Talent, Trans Continental Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
31, Report:
#35490
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2004
TC Talent conned me out of $895 ripoff business from hell Orlando Florida *Consumer Suggestion ..Pearlman can lick my pearls
To anybody that has been scouted by a TC Talent rep or hopefully I will catch you before they do.
Recently, while out at a college bar in Buffalo, I was approached by a middle age man. His first question to me was how tall was I. I told him that I am 5'8. He then asked me if...
Entity
TC Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
32, Report:
#34188
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2004
TCT /TRANS CONTINENTAL TALENT/OPTIONS TALENT/E-MODEL = DECEPTIVE $ HUNGRY CON-ARTISTS! MOM TOOK THE BAIT & TCT SCOUT REALED US IN, BUT TALENT EXEC. SAYS GOOD-BYE & GOOD LUCK! CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA
If you have recently been discovered or scouted out by someone from TCT be very leary. If you have already attended the open call or are waiting for the call from a talent executive, you still have time to educate yourself like I did. This is my story of the last 7 days. Luckily, b...
Entity
TCT, TRANS CONTINENTAL TALENT/OPTIONS TALENT/E-MODEL
Categories: Modeling Agencies
33, Report:
#33095
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Trans Continental Talent formerly Options Talent Group, eModel, NOW TCtalent and too many more to list!!dishonest lying cheating company ripoff cheated employees and screwed the customers even more!! Nationwide West Palm Beach Florida
I would like to share my story about Trans Continental Talent (formerly Options Talent, eModel, and too many more to list.)
A few weeks ago, I applied for a job online through a major online job seeking website (I'd rather not mention the name.) The ad stood out from the others....
Entity
Trans Continental Talent (formerly Options Talent Group, eModel, TCtalent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
34, Report:
#38756
Posted Date:
Jul 04 2004
Trans Continental Talent TCT AKA Emodels Options Talent ripoff West Palm Beach Florida *EDitor's Comment
I am a former employee of TCT and I was extremely shocked to read and find out a little more after 2 talents parents emailed with things they had found out.
After reading almost all of the most recent complaints about this company it made it even more clear that this company is u...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent - TCT
Categories: Modeling Agencies
35, Report:
#34096
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2004
Trans Continental Talent aka Options Talent ripoff deceptive company victimized many consumers Addison Texas
I recently signed on to this Company known as Trans Continetal Talent aka Options Talent on October 16,2002 after goin to an open call on the 15th. I'm only 16 and my parents paid the $495 starting fee and and are goin to pay $525 to get some pictures takin of me for my profolio fro...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent aka Options Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
36, Report:
#94481
Posted Date:
Jun 11 2004
Fashion Rock Scam Aka Lou Pearlrman Aka Wilhelmina Scouting Scam Aka Fashionrocknow.com Scam Artists - Rip Off - Crooks Criminals Orlando Florida
http://www.wftv.com/money/3324446/detail.html
Orlando Talent Competition Misleads Would-Be Models
POSTED: 5:28 PM EDT May 19, 2004
UPDATED: 5:33 PM EDT May 19, 2004
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Action 9 investigation has exposed the sales tactics used by a nationwide talent competi...
Entity
Fashion Rock - Lou Pealrman Aka Fashionrocknow.com
Categories: Modeling Agencies
37, Report:
#81428
Posted Date:
Feb 23 2004
Trans Continental Talent And/or Web Style Network deceptive,dishonest, & unethical sales techniques w/unauthorized charge Orlando Florida
I am writing to report the fraudulent and misleading business practices of Trans Continental Talent and/or Web Style Network. Recently, I was lied to and mislead into giving my credit card information to this company for what sounded like a great opportunity, but was only just a sc...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent And/or Web Style Network
Categories: Modeling Agencies
38, Report:
#74639
Posted Date:
Dec 10 2003
Web Style Network, Wilhemina Scouting Network, Trans Continental Talent Group, Options Talent FILE A LAWSUIT!!! CONFRONT DIRECTLY THESE THUGS!! ..they've scammed - preyed on our emotions and manipulated us!! Florida, California, Nationwide
I was a former scout and to this day I have never gotten over the fact that I was lured by this company (to not of my knowing) as essentially a hired con-artist!! They like they have done to other former scouts and people they've scammed preyed on our emotions and manipulated us. Th...
Entity
Web Style Network, Wilhemina Scouting Network, Trans Continental Talent Group, Options Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
39, Report:
#72513
Posted Date:
Nov 20 2003
Options Talent - Trans Continental Talent Scam & Employment ripoff Alec Defrawy's & Dave Elliott's program of sexual harrassment and employee corruption; Jennifer Hatter and others filed complaints Orlando Florida
Alec Defrawy is a monster who should be in jail any way you look at it. Either he should be in jail for raping subordinates, peddling fraud and subborning perjury through his bogus Non Disclosure Agreement, or because in so doing the aforementioned he violated his parole and should ...
Entity
Options Talent - Trans Continental Talent Scam & Employment
Categories: Modeling Agencies
40, Report:
#71242
Posted Date:
Nov 19 2003
Trans Continental Talent/ Wilhelmina Scouting Network/ Web Style Network/ Merchantile & Harris Credit Cards (Carlos)/ Concord Merchant Processor ripoff a la Cortes Randell Securities & Exchange Commission notified, Lou Pearlman corruption machine, moved $2-4 million in fees from Fashion Rock Holidayfest Orlando Florida
Here is a letter I sent to Ms. Siegel of the SEC and Tim Barker of the Orlando Sentinel on Wednesday, November 05, 2003. I am making this public in hopes of encouraging the federal goverment into taking action. I passed this information to Rip-off Report which resulted in the inform...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent / Wilhelmina Scouting Network/ Web Style Network
Categories: Government Corruption
41, Report:
#70826
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2003
Card Services International, Provident Bank & Wilhelmina Scouting Network rip-off scam Kept the Mastercard/Visa account alive when they should have been shut down. Wonder why Lou Pearlman is not suing, Dave Elliot and others? This may give you a clue... ripoff fraud Simi Valley California
Ever wonder why Lou Pearlman is not suing Cort Randell, Dave Elliot and others? This may give you a clue... they are linked together in fraud.
In June of this year Cort Randell conspired with Dave Elliot, Alec Defrawy and Lou Pearlman to keep their Visa/Mastercard account working...
Entity
Card Services International - Provident Bank - Wilhelmina Scouting Network
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
42, Report:
#69725
Posted Date:
Oct 21 2003
Rip-off Report EDitorial: American Jurisprudence rip-off - the People's Class Action proposal, Let's Revolutionize Tort Reform and take on Lou Pearlman, Cort Randell and Ayman El-Difrawi's Trans Continental Talent / Wilhelmina Scouting Network / Model Search America scam Anytown Nationwide
Attorneys are going to hate this idea; Judges will love it! Why? It may dry up the well of easy money for lawyers from class action lawsuits, and at the same time unburden the burgeoning dockets. Anyone who has been screwed and not been able to get a lawfirm to pick up their case on...
Entity
Rip-off Report
Categories: Lawyers
43, Report:
#67456
Posted Date:
Oct 18 2003
Trans Continental Talent / Wilhelmina Scouting Network / MODASCO ripoff; Ayman El-Difrawi, R. Edward Bell, Jason Hoffman, David B. Elliott, Rafiah Kashmiri, Lou Pearlman, Dieter Esch - some confederates orchestrating the perpetuation of this scam; Rip-off Report Investigation Orlando Florida
Keeping company with Dave Linn, his Times Square Office Director in their hay days.
Ayman gettin' cozy with employees
Confidential Source retains copyright to photo. No use allowed without specific permission from Rip-off Report
If anyone has just arrived on the scene an...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent - Wilhelmina Scouting Network / MODASCO
Categories: Talent Scouts
44, Report:
#69396
Posted Date:
Oct 17 2003
Rip-off Report Investigation & Commentary: Trans Continental Talent a/k/a Wilhelmina Scouting Network employment scam explosion Name changes to Web Style Network, SOS Employment, TalentNetworks, Inc, Webmodel Network, Inc. and what else? New York New York
Like containment policy, when dealing with radio-active material, this situation has reached critical mass and something must be done about this out-of-control company before it affects the entire nation. This report is in direct response to Tim Barker's piece in the Orlando Sentine...
Entity
TalentNetworks, Inc, Web Style Network, Webmodel Network, Inc., SOS Employment
Categories: Corrupt Companies
45, Report:
#48427
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2003
TCTalent Industry Magazine TCTalent Industry Magazine Monster.com corruption ..Connections between the three conspiracy theory, to screw people out of their money. Period. all a fraud to say the least! Groveland Florida
Read First:
Purpose: Ramblings to warn about Monster.com, Industry Magazine, TCTalent and Connections between the three.
This is less a complaint than a kind of think about it conspiracy theory. I've seen a lot of hype on this site about TCT and have worked as a scout for them ...
Entity
TCTalent Industry Magazine Monster.com
Categories: Talent Scouts
46, Report:
#68662
Posted Date:
Oct 09 2003
Trans Continental Talent - Wilhelmina Scouting Network - Options Talent -Emodel Lou Pearlman Employment ripoff Florida State Government turns a blind eye Rampant Corruption buys off several officials Orlando Florida
The scam is located here in Florida. I know several people who have complained about a variety of problems with their employment at TCT / WSN to the STATE OF FLORIDA Department of Business and Professional Regulation. They have jurisdiction with for this scam but despite all the com...
Entity
Lou Pearlman Trans Continental Talent - Wilhelmina Scouting Network - Options Talent -Emodel
Categories: Corrupt Companies
47, Report:
#67962
Posted Date:
Oct 02 2003
Monster.com aka TMP Worldwide Interactive & Trans Continental Talent ripoff Evidence of Possible Collusion provided by TCT employee Maynard Massachusetts
This information was just provided as a rebuttal to an earlier report, which opined early in March that Monster was involved in propagating this scam with TCT. No doubt this former TCT scout/victim's comments provided fuel for the Newsweek piece which did dissolve the TCT - Monster ...
Entity
Monster.com Aka TMP Worldwide Interactive & Trans Continental Talent
Categories: Employment Services
48, Report:
#63173
Posted Date:
Jul 09 2003
Transcontinental Talent, TCT, Scouting Network SCAM FOR WANNABEE MODELS, AND MODEL SCOUTS IN YOUR HOMETOWN!!! Cleveland Ohio
I recently responded to an add in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to be a Talent Scout. The job, described as an energetic position for someone who wanted to make their own schedule, sounded great. After leaving 2 messages, a girl named Jewels called me back. (Later I would find out...
Entity
Transcontinental Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
49, Report:
#61243
Posted Date:
Jun 20 2003
Wilhelmina Scouting Network, Trans Continental Talent, TCT, WSN, Options Talent, Edge Talent ripoff cheated employees and screwed the customers even more, their days are numbered Orlando Florida
It is a well known fact that this company is in MAJOR financial trouble, which explains all of the new changes. They are beginning to run scared and are grasping at straws to keep the company afloat. Let's review some of the new changes.
The constant name change is obvious. When ...
Entity
Wilhelmina Scouting Network, Trans Continental Talent, TCT, WSN, Options Talent, Edge Talent
Categories: Modeling Agencies
50, Report:
#54688
Posted Date:
Jun 13 2003
Trans Continental Talent, TCTalent, READ THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GUY BEHIND TCT- slime-ball ripoff thieves Orlando Florida
Well, if there's any doubt that the bastards running TCT (now Wilhelmina Scouting, their 2 millionth name change as you've seen here on Ripoff) are scummy, you need look no further than one of the guys behind the operation, Alec the Egyptian Defrawy.
NOTE: all the information i...
Entity
Trans Continental Talent, TCTalent, TC Talent, Transcontinental Talent, Tct
Categories: Modeling Agencies