Mr. Tony Smith, Men In Black 3

Here is a new one i got, Mr.Tony Smith, the same has been used on here many times. Is it a scam? Haha let me know, and if you get an email like this, read mine first.



Hello,
Thank you for applying for this job, My name is Tony Smith, I work in recruiting casting extras, A feature film by Sony Pictures titled “Men In Black III” is holding open casting calls, The films extras casting directors are currently seeking possibly thousands of people to work as general background actors. There will also be some smaller speaking roles up for grabs. I am pleased to tell you that you are one of the selected few from the over one thousand applicants that applied. We are using this medium to acknowledge your interest to participate in the upcoming film production, but details are withheld for now. It is important to read this message carefully and clearly understand our mode of operation. It is important to meet the below requirements and specific instructions below in order to make the progress of organizing the other international participants for the film production successful and smooth.
Selected participant must adhere strictly to instructions, meet requirements, must be punctual and committed to the project. Failure to meet up with the below requirements, conditions and instructions will lead to immediate termination of the participant.
Therefore, below are the basic requirements and the mode of operation.
- Basic Requirements
Full Legal Name:
Mailing Address: (NO P.O BOX)
City:
State:
Zip/Postal Code:
Home Phone Number :
Mobile Phone Number :
Acceptance of offer:
Date Of Birth:
Current Employment Status:
Previous Employment Status:
- Mode of operation
Group composition
We are hiring make up artiste in Asia who are coming to the State because we have some asian scenes to be shot and we are recruiting some of the best asian make up artistes to work with us and as you know, in film production, getting the crew to location and assembling them can be challenging, more so that they are also from other parts of the world.
We have grouped all participants into 20 groups in preparation for the first rehearsal,date and venue will be released later for the security of the participating stars and to avoid gate crashing of uninvited people.
Scripts will also be made available to you on arrival at the venue & the movie casting would come to an end before the end of November, but the starting date is yet to be announced.
Because you have been selected from Canada you are automatically the leader of your group which consist of 10 people and their responsibilities will be yours. Please note this is a very important group because we have the make up artistes in your group .You are responsible for your group.
We have to group everyone because we have over 300 people for different scenes so it is very difficult taking care of everyone's needs without grouping.
The leader of every group is paid for all the expenses and motivation fee for the group to avoid financial hitches and unnecessary setbacks.
Salary & Wages:
Upon acceptance of offer, the payment process is divided into three phases
- Phase 1 payment: Motivation Fee
The participant will be paid motivation fee of 200 cad.
- Phase 2 payments:
Initial hotel and accommodation fee of 300 dollars
- Phase 3 final payments:
This is the artiste actual fee Per scene : 150 cad
You will be appearing in fifteen scenes in the entire episode therefore:
If per scene is 150cad
150cad x 15 scenes = 2,250 ca dollars.
You will be paid the total sum of 2,250 CAD at the end of the production.


A check will be sent to you as soon as possible to carry out this assignment
I will await your response.
International recruitment officer
Mr Tony Smith.
UPDATE

Thank you for posting this scam.

While the specific letter is new, the scam is the same check scam that has been targeting people in the modeling and film industries for the past few years. The scammers plan to send you a check, have you cash it and forward some or all of the cash to your "group members" or someone else supposedly connected to this fake job.

Of course the check is fake, and the recipients of the money are either the scammers themselves or additional mules. After you send the cash, the bank will come after you for depositing it and the scammers, who have not given you any real information about themselves, will disappear--leaving you with no job, no cash, and a lot of debt.