Is this legit or a scam?

***LaughingCheese*** · February 21st, 2010

Some of you may have seen the videos my friends and I have made and put on youtube.

My question is, someone recently contacted my friend, who was responsible for the story and editing on most of them, through his youtube account.

This lady is claiming to be an MTV representative, and is willing to buy some of our footage for a supposedly upcoming reality show.

To me, it has scam written all over it. I wouldn't trust anything from youtube, I generally ignore any kind of contact.

I go to youtube to watch videos, not for social networking.

The problem is, how do I know that this isn't legit?

I mean how would someone from MTV actually contact us if thats all we had out there is our youtube page?

I know nothing of the business side of Hollywood so I don't know what the proper channels are and such.

Thanks

LC

kow_ciller · February 21st, 2010

ask them to email you, and see what their email is

superslut69@email.com
or if its

mtvlegitlady@mtv.com

Adrian Ţepeş · February 21st, 2010

^lol

I wouldn't trust it, but you can try their email just to be sure.

*The.Doctor · February 21st, 2010

Ask them to give you their other contact information, such as a phone number, business address, etc...

If it really was a MTV rep (which i doubt) they should have no problem giving you that info.

***>Omen<*** · February 21st, 2010

If I were you I'd forward it to actual MTV reps. Either way you'll find out if it's legit (which I doubt) or fraud, in which case MTV may want to pursue legal action against them. They have the money and power to do it.

***CherryBlossom*** · February 22nd, 2010

Yup! Try getting information to the person who is claiming that she is an MTV representative maybe a name,

***dinosaurJR*** · February 22nd, 2010

Boom!

Forward the youtube account details to MTV. If legit, I'm sure MTV would corroborate the details.

Or

Ask them (the potential scammer) for some other type of contact, email address, phone no. etc... THEN pass this on to MTV for corroboration...

I just used Corroborate for the first time ever online...

Anyways - I hope its real... but sadly it probably isnt - Im guessing russian mafia dooshbags...

***SuperSmeg*** · February 22nd, 2010

It is obviously a scam. Just ignore it.

***Von II*** · February 22nd, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billz1282

It is obviously a scam. Just ignore it.

It might not. Ask for details, then send to mtv.

(Ok, it probably is a scam

)

***DarkKrucifix7*** · February 22nd, 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaughingCheese

Some of you may have seen the videos my friends and I have made and put on youtube.

My question is, someone recently contacted my friend, who was responsible for the story and editing on most of them, through his youtube account.

This lady is claiming to be an MTV representative, and is willing to buy some of our footage for a supposedly upcoming reality show.

To me, it has scam written all over it. I wouldn't trust anything from youtube, I generally ignore any kind of contact.

I go to youtube to watch videos, not for social networking.

The problem is, how do I know that this isn't legit?

I mean how would someone from MTV actually contact us if thats all we had out there is our youtube page?

I know nothing of the business side of Hollywood so I don't know what the proper channels are and such.

Thanks

LC

NixiePixel on Youtube got a VERY similar message to this (exact same?), it was a scam.

YouTube - Copyright Infringement?

Execept, they said they were from SpikeTV this time.