scam Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sat, 11 May 2024 17:19:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 scam Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Fearless Pioneers to Spineless Content Creators https://mikesouth.com/ask-hamilton-steele/fearless-pioneers-to-spineless-content-creators-77941/ https://mikesouth.com/ask-hamilton-steele/fearless-pioneers-to-spineless-content-creators-77941/#respond Sat, 11 May 2024 16:59:55 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=77941 How the old school pornographers kept you free The pornography industry has metamorphosed from sleazy underground tabloids and movie theaters to socially accepted digital streaming into everyone’s home. While a mostly positive evolution, the adult industry changes have had unintended consequences, leading to a stark contrast between the old-school pornographers of the 1970s and 1980s […]

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Don’t fall for the fake Mastercard Compliance Email https://mikesouth.com/industry/dont-fall-for-the-fake-mastercard-compliance-email-69619/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/dont-fall-for-the-fake-mastercard-compliance-email-69619/#respond Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:58:53 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=69619 If you get an email from someone claiming to be compliance with Mastercard, don’t fall for it. You’ll notice the reply email is a Gmail account. I have two friends who have gotten it. Don’t fall for this phishing scam. From [email protected] This is Sasha from mastercard.com. I hope you are well and safe during this […]

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Scam alert! Fake talent agency @ThePornAgency #fraud https://mikesouth.com/porn-idiocy/scam-alert-fake-talent-agency-thepornagency-fraud-66988/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-idiocy/scam-alert-fake-talent-agency-thepornagency-fraud-66988/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:53:45 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=66988 Be warned that the company claiming to be “The Porn Agency” (ThePornAgency.com) is not a legitimately licensed agent. THEY ARE CON MEN, looking to take advantage of people wanting to enter the adult industry. Do not be fooled.  #1 They are not licensed by the state of California, which is the law. #2 They are […]

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Daily Beast Looks at Adult Performers and Fans Victimized by ‘eWhoring’ Impersonation Scams https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/daily-beast-looks-at-adult-performers-and-fans-victimized-by-ewhoring-impersonation-scams-57530/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-stars/daily-beast-looks-at-adult-performers-and-fans-victimized-by-ewhoring-impersonation-scams-57530/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:15:28 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=57530 In an intriguing story at The Daily Beast, titled ‘The Fake Porn Stars Scamming Lonely Guys Out of Big Money During the Pandemic’, writer Mark Hay notes that the shady practice of impersonating porn stars to fleece their fans — a brand of ‘eWhoring’ — has seen an uptick amid the coronavirus pandemic. Among the […]

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Beware of Dan – The Skype Show Scammer! https://mikesouth.com/scumbags/beware-of-dan-the-skype-show-scammer-48357/ https://mikesouth.com/scumbags/beware-of-dan-the-skype-show-scammer-48357/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:40:59 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=48357 Meet Dan or Dumb Ass Dan as we’ll call him from now on. He just got busted trying to scam a porn girl who stood up for her rights and made him look stupid with his bank. One of the problems with doing private skype shows for fans are the men who sober up and […]

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Gia Love Starts a GoFundMe Asking for $3.5 million https://mikesouth.com/porn-idiocy/gia-love-starts-a-gofundme-asking-for-3-5-million-47960/ https://mikesouth.com/porn-idiocy/gia-love-starts-a-gofundme-asking-for-3-5-million-47960/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:07:14 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=47960 Gia Love posted a GoFundMe today asking for $3.5 million claiming she needs help is 6 months pregnant. Of course, she forgets that just a week before she posted a photo of herself where her stomach is completely flat. My mom always talked to me about understudies in my childhood. Thanks to my sisters witchcraft […]

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Meet Scammer Billy Parks https://mikesouth.com/scumbags/meet-scammer-billy-parks-43508/ https://mikesouth.com/scumbags/meet-scammer-billy-parks-43508/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:35:43 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=43508 There is always some low life trying to pretend to be an agent, a producer or something of the kind. Billy Parks likes to mix things up and pretends to be both and sometimes just for fun, he also pretends to be a talent scout for mainstream mega modeling agency William Morris. This is what […]

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MasterCard puts an end to the Free Trial https://mikesouth.com/industry/mastercard-puts-an-end-to-the-free-trial-32504/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/mastercard-puts-an-end-to-the-free-trial-32504/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:06:56 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=32504 MasterCard announced today it was going to make some major changes in regards to those free trials. The problems with free trials are nothing new. I can remember Seth Warkoski (the man who released the Pamela Anderson sex tape) used to brag that 1 out of every 4 people he charged doesn’t look at their […]

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Another Fake Producer Alert – this is another one from BangBros https://mikesouth.com/industry/another-fake-producer-alert-this-is-another-one-from-bangbros-31389/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/another-fake-producer-alert-this-is-another-one-from-bangbros-31389/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:13:35 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=31389 Bang Bros tweeted a warning today to female performers letting people know that some jackass is going around pretending to be a producer with them. They are not. If you are ever in doubt you can always tweet @BangBros and confirm if someone is a legit BangBros producer or not.

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Retiree gave £19,000 to ‘online girlfriend’ who used pics of porn star Briana Lee https://mikesouth.com/legal/retiree-gave-19000-to-online-girlfriend-who-used-pics-of-porn-star-briana-lee-30915/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/retiree-gave-19000-to-online-girlfriend-who-used-pics-of-porn-star-briana-lee-30915/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:19:42 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=30915 A retired dentist is out £19,000 after being conned by a fake African girlfriend he met on dating site Real Sex Contacts who used profile pictures of porn star Briana Lee. Simon Frost, 75, from Soham Cambridgeshire, was lonely after his wife left him so signed up to the dating site and met a woman […]

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