How To Stop the ExploreTalent.com Scam

IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF EXPLORETALENT.COM MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ALL THE STEPS BELOW SO WE CAN STOP THIS SCAM.  REPORTING THIS AS A DISPUTE TO YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY WILL GET YOUR MONEY BACK AND HELP STOP THEM, MAKE SURE TO CALL YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY IMMEDIATELY OR YOU WILL KEEP GETTING CHARGED AND DISPUTE YOUR PREVIOUS CHARGES AS THIS IS A SCAM AND YOU WILL GET ALL THE MONEY YOU PAID BACK!

1. Report Exploretalent.com to the BBB:

http://www.la.bbb.org/BusinessReport.aspx?CompanyID=13204121

2. Report exploretalent.com to RipOffReport.com

http://www.ripoffreport.com/login.asp

3. Call your credit card company and do a charge-back

If you have been a victim of this scam it is very important that you call your credit card company and file a dispute or charge back, if enough people do this we can get them shut down for good.  Also you should give them a link to my blog which has more than enough evidence so they will give you your money back.

4.  Report them to google because what they are doing is illegal they are creating fake sites so they show up first in the search results but they are all the same company which is against Google’s terms of service, if enough people complain they will be banned from google and will not be able to scam all these people.  You can call them and also write a letter including the allegations at the bottom of this page to:

Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001

Exploretalent.com Scam Fraud Exposed

ExploreTalent.com Scam Scammers Fraud Stop this Scam

Exploretalent.com is a scam and this blog will compile all the evidence available online to shut this scam down for good.

Here are details found online from other users who have been scammed by exploretalent.com:

1.  RipOffReport:

12 reports have been filed against exploretalent.com alleging that it is a total scam.  Reports indicate that exploretalent engages in spam, stealing peoples money and worst of all luring and providing a bait and switch for unsuspecting actors using the exploretalent.com service.  Here are the details of each complaint:

Complaint #317812 indicates thhat user signed up here child on exploretalent.com and did not upload a picture only to get a call back asking the child to be in a casting.  Since this user had no picture there was immediate suspiscion regarding the legitmacy of this phone call, when user asked exploretalent.com to provide their BBB account number the operator at exploretalent.com hung up the phone.  Maybe thats because of the volume of complaints filed against exploretalent.com with the BBB….

Complaint #317812 indicates that exploretalent.com tried to sign her up for a casting with a deadline approaching, when the deadline had passed she recieved another email regarding the same casting.  Exploretalent also tried to get her to go to Walmart and get a debit card so she can pay to audition.  You should never have to pay to audition and exploretalent.com is misrepresenting tthe details of this casting if it even exists!

Complaint #301228 alleges that they were charged without permission and could not cancel after many attempts.  I guess it’s easy for exploretalent.com to get your money, but when you want to cancel you can’t, what a scam!

Complaint #288916 reports that exploretalent.com would not let her off the phone and harrased her in an effort to get her credit card number.  Exploretalent.com also enticed her with auditions she “matched to get that information”  complaintant got the felling this is definetly not legit because exploretalent.com was relentless in trying to get her credit card information and told her it would take to long to process online!

Complaint #225736 describes her experience with exploretalent.com by telling us that what seems to be a call center in India called representing that she matched a casting and also desperatly tried to get this users credit card information.

Complaint #156823 reports that they signed up for the trial at exploretalent.com and canceled 2 hours later only to find out it takes 5-7 days to cancel, which means she get charged anyway.  This is clearly fraudulent and deceptive practices on the part of exploretalent.com

Complaint #191312 was lured with free registration and then teased with an audition only to find out that they wanted money and she didn’t even match most of the castings she was submitted to by exploretalent.com

Complaint #131735 reports that they signed up for one month and then tried to cancel with no success just like others who have complained.  To be safe they canceled their credit card only to get a bill for almost $200 6 months later demanding payment.

Complaint #119199 reports that exploretalent.com does not provide any services instead they lure you to a “free” photo shoot that ended up costing $800

Complaint #129895 reports again as other users that they where not able to cancel and they recieved a bill demanding payment after they canceled, same as other users, I see a pattern here, do you?

Complaint #103569 reports that they were lured in with a promise of “free” auditions only to find out they have to pay (bait & switch) also user reports that they use another name castingaudition.com to lure you to exploretalent.com

2.  Better Business bureau

Here is the link to see this companies “F” rated report: http://www.la.bbb.org/BusinessReport.aspx?CompanyID=13204121

Better Business Buraeu gives exploretalent.com a “F” rating and has this to say about Explore Talent:

“We strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, their complaints contain especially serious allegations, or the company’s industry is known for its fraudulent business practices.”

There are a total of 109 complaints which is an enormous amount by any standards and again proves the legitmacy of this site.  Charges include: false advertising, not being able to cancel and deceptive business practices

3. Online Blogs

http://www.easybackgroundcheck.com/exploretalent.html

Alleges that “The Internet’s largest Talent resource and promotional website,” announced in 2004 it has 290,000 members. The owner of ExploreTalent.com, Blake Yoon, is a convicted criminal, whom, the LA Times reported, was previously in prison. He has since admitted under oath in 2004 most of his company’s income is from the sale of photoshoots and portfolios.A ruling was made against his similar company, BAMModels.com, after they charged over $4,000 for photography and a portfolio, and the ruling also showed his company is illegal.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080325204317AAqQ2CP

Alleges that they are a scam and have good reasons why.

http://themediadesk.com/newfiles5/modelscam.htm

More information on the exploretalent.com scam

Just google “exploretalent.com scam” and you will find many pages with many people having the same story to tell!

Taking advantage of google by indexing on many separete sites that point to exploretalent.com:

1. auditions.com

2. castingaudition.com

3. auditionsforfilms.com

4. actingauditions.net

5. casting-call.us

6. freecastingcall.com

7. exploretalent.com

8. explore-talent.net

9. exploretalent.info

10. exploretalent.org

11. explortalent.com

12. wwwexploretalent.com

13. explore-talent.info

14. explore-talent.biz

15. exploretalent.mobi

Report them to google so they can get banned for misusing the service for financial gain, these guys are super greedy, they misuse google then take your money, what a shame!