lesson learned

only saying this cuz i don't want you who read this to make the same mistake as i did today.

megan discovered this add in the paper. it was a casting call wanting movie extras, here in san diego. said you make $100 - $300 a day and no experience was required. megan told mom and i about it, mom said it would be worth a shot. so i called the number just to get some info.. anyway. awkward conversation ensued; i end up giving name, address, phone number. and then he asked for a credit card number for shipping and handling costs to send the packet that had the information on where the jobs would be, and how much each paid, etc... i have no credit card, so i told him i'd have to call back. and it's probably a good thing i don't have a credit card! because i searched the phone number he gave me online, found a site that had info on casting call scams with all these stories about how they got people's credit card numbers and all this not so good stuff... so yeah. just looking at it you wouldn't have thought that it could be a scam though! and it sounded like such a good idea too! just be a movie extra a few days out of the week while i don't have a job right? easy money.

cept for maybe the minor detail of them taking your credit card number and emptying your bank account and all.

hmm.


Committed and persistent work pays off; get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs. Proverbs 28:20 (Message)

true dat.. oh well. i'm learning ^_^ (and hoping they don't do anything they shouldn't with my name, address and number.....)

so yeah, beware of false advertising, kiddies. don't give out too much info to strangers!

cheers~