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TV Industry Scam Exposed: Fraudster Reported To FBI & UK Cybercrime Agency After Posing As Well-Known British Producers And Demanding Thousands Of Pounds From Writers
A scammer has been reported to the FBI and UK cybercrime Action Fraud after conning writers by pretending to be TV producers.
EXCLUSIVE: A scammer has been reported to both the FBI and UK cybercrime agency after posing as well-known TV executives and asking writers to send them up to £2,500 ($3,300) to help get their scripts developed. Deadline has seen evidence of at least half a dozen British writers who have been contacted by a person pretending to be UK producer Charlotte Walls on the Stage 32 networking platform, asking them to submit ideas, sign an NDA and then pay a “refundable facilitation fee” of between £2,000 and £2,500. Using a VPN to create a Stage 32 account from a foreign IP address, the scammer sets up fake profiles and impersonates producers like Catalyst Global Media’s Walls.
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