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Article: Modeling come-ons that leave your kid in the lurch. (scam agencies that defraud parents and children)
- Article from:
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 1994
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Jessica Johnson, 7, got the thrill of her young lifetime when she saw her modeling photo in a department store's newspaper advertisement. But neither she nor her brother Ricky, 4, have seen a penny of the $900 owed them by Epic, the San Francisco--area modeling agency that hired them. "We were told it's supposed to take 45 to 90 days to get paid," says their mother, Jennifer. After 90 days, the kids stopped getting work and Epic closed. Several state and local agencies are investigating complaints about Epic.
The Johnson kids and their parents are among many families ripped off by this and similar modeling scams. Most often, a newspaper ad or radio commercial ...