As with everyone else - we were also conned by this fake agency!Daughter loved the test shoot and she was accepted then came the whole portfolio chat and we took out the £700 is set over 12 months - funnily enough never heard a peep and can never get hold of them on the phone - have cancelled the direct debit and will be sending the finance company a strongly worded letter threatening the ombudsman and watchdog etc if they don't cancel our agreement - what's worse is you can't use the photos to approach legitimate agencies as they want natural non professional photos to start with and they are going to be too old to use soon as they change so much! Total scam and I'm fuming about it all - more that we got sucked into it really!Companies shouldn't be allowed to do this to children and parents.

Worst scammers ever took my daughter for photo shoots was offered a so called contract so 1 very excited daughter . I paid£500 for pics on a cd rom disc . She is on there wed site but it all looks fake not had a job offer in a whole year . Its just robbery and false promises NYC studios take the pics then apparently BlackBerry decide if they offer a contract or not . Im going to try trading standards tp check them out . Pls don't go with them its not reall.

Sent a picture of my son to Blackberry Model. Received an email to say they would like to do a photo shoot and put his picture online. I went to the photo-shoot and they offered a contract. I put his pictures online. Have had no phone calls back for a job. I have phone them. They don't answer phone. They will take your money and give you a contract. Total scam. Don't go to them. False hope. Scam

I applied to Blackberry Models, in 2015, I was offered a test shoot in Manchester and because I was under 18, my mother and I went. After waiting around for almost 8 hours, we were finally told that the "agency" had accepted me, after that seemingly delightful news, we were persuaded to buy the photos and we were told that the studio was independent of the so called "agency". My mum ended up getting the package worth £1700, and paid a deposit of £700. After that day I was emailed the contract and received one confirmation call but other than that we've heard nothing from them. Now all of a sudden, they have decided to take legal action, as my mum stopped paying the installments, as it was clearly a scam, the pictures weren't worth the money either. Now we're worried because the contract says that Blackberry Models isn't an agency and in signing you accept that, so that's one less angle we could argue. Plus, they're ignoring all our attempts to get in contact with them. Has anyone actually been taking to court because of this "agency"?

About a year ago I had my test shoot with blackberry models in Birmingham. I had a similar experience to everyone else in this page with them taking ages and getting you to fill out forms. Also the makeup was badly done, I asked for lose curls and smokey eyes with nude lips, they back combed my hair and curled which looked ridiculous and my makeup made me look like a barbie doll. I then had the shoot and got called into the room where they said they wanted me and that I had to pay £400 for the photos, which as I had no experience I stupidly believed was normal for modelling agencies. Since I signed the contract and my photos have been online I haven't heard anything. They have a ridiculous amount of models on the page so they obviously just give anyone a test shoot who wants one in order to make money. Also I've just seen on another website that they are also trading under the name Model Agency which even has a similar logo and typeface to blackberry and they used to be adora.

I haven't paid at all. I paid the £100 deposit a few weeks after so I could get my photos. I haven't paid since and they've sent me letters but I think they're bored now. The fact the company is a scam means if they bring you to court (which they won't do because they will be laughed out of court with all the evidence on this site saying they're scammers, the quality of the photos, the sexual nature of the photos that were taken of me where the dude had me in my 6 inch stilettos in a bikini when I wanted to go barefoot... and the 'managers' disgusting comment of me looking like a young Abi titmus (I later found out she's a *** star who I look nothing alike, mind you. I have piercings, tattoos and coloured hair which she had none of...) they're highly a scam and won't chance being in court as their whole company is illegal and they're doing illegal activity which means that they actually owe the hundreds of people they've scammed out of money, their money back. For the people that didn't receive the photos it's a non receipts of goods and they're actually in (I can't think of the word now because I've had my wisdom teeth pulled today so my mind is a bit blank) but basically they're in the wrong under consumer law as it's an illegal activity that they're doing, pretending that they're a modelling agency and telling every one that they're now a model and putting their photos on a site that is no longer active. If you have mental health issues that helps also as legally they actually couldn't make me sign anything as my mum is my carer due to my ADHD, which I told them so they're also in breach of their contract before I even signed it. I legally couldn't understand what was going on and lot of people may not be able to. You never actually sign a contract with the modelling agency as you sign a piece of paper saying that you're happy for them to get you modelling jobs. Now if they've not done what their job description does then the modelling agency firm stance is void because they've not acted accordingly. Also you can say that you didn't understand exactly what the terms and conditions were because they left out the fact that you won't get a job and their photographers aren't professionals by anyone's standards. They talked really fast and brushed over the actual terms and conditions and didn't give you efficient time to read through all the paperwork that they shoved your way before insisting and pressuring you to sign the contract you haven't had time to read through. What you paid for were edited professional images and if they were anything like mine (doing photography myself) they were far from edited other than two quick photo shopping of the colours which you could do on your phone to turn a photo into black and white and sepier, they were far from what the terms of the deal offered you. So there for they're in breach of their contract anyway. If enough people bring this up with trading standards about what they're doing, you could all actually probably take them to court and have them shut down and your money given back/they give you your money back anyway if you threaten to take them to trading standards with the other hundreds of people that have written about their scam and that most will stand up and tell the trading standards, also. All you need is a few screen shots of the proof of the people's reviews which I'm screen shotting a lot of right now and you've got enough evidence for a strong case.

I applied to Blackberry Models, in 2015, I was offered a test shoot in Manchester and because I was under 18, my mother and I went. After waiting around for almost 8 hours, we were finally told that the "agency" had accepted me, after that seemingly delightful news, we were persuaded to buy the photos and we were told that the studio was independent of the so called "agency". My mum ended up getting the package worth £1700, and paid a deposit of £700. After that day I was emailed the contract and received one confirmation call but other than that we've heard nothing from them. Now all of a sudden, they have decided to take legal action, as my mum stopped paying the installments, as it was clearly a scam, the pictures weren't worth the money either. Now we're worried because the contract says that Blackberry Models isn't an agency and in signing you accept that, so that's one less angle we could argue. Plus, they're ignoring all our attempts to get in contact with them. Has anyone actually been taking to court because of this "agency"?

Why are we so naive when it comes to our children and how can people like this prey on this, they are disgusting. I sent a couple of pictures of my son and they said he had great potential, invited to a photo shoot "at their cost". I actually called them beforehand concerned with all the bad reviews and they said they were genuine. After attending the photo shoot we were shown the photos and melted as they were great, the man said no photos, no contract! We got him down from £1000 to £400. Not heard anything from Blackberry Models since and they never answer phone calls or emails. This agency stinks and should be struck off!!!!!!

About a year ago I had my test shoot with blackberry models in Birmingham. I had a similar experience to everyone else in this page with them taking ages and getting you to fill out forms. Also the makeup was badly done, I asked for lose curls and smokey eyes with nude lips, they back combed my hair and curled which looked ridiculous and my makeup made me look like a barbie doll. I then had the shoot and got called into the room where they said they wanted me and that I had to pay £400 for the photos, which as I had no experience I stupidly believed was normal for modelling agencies. Since I signed the contract and my photos have been online I haven't heard anything. They have a ridiculous amount of models on the page so they obviously just give anyone a test shoot who wants one in order to make money. Also I've just seen on another website that they are also trading under the name Model Agency which even has a similar logo and typeface to blackberry and they used to be adora.

I haven't paid at all. I paid the £100 deposit a few weeks after so I could get my photos. I haven't paid since and they've sent me letters but I think they're bored now. The fact the company is a scam means if they bring you to court (which they won't do because they will be laughed out of court with all the evidence on this site saying they're scammers, the quality of the photos, the sexual nature of the photos that were taken of me where the dude had me in my 6 inch stilettos in a bikini when I wanted to go barefoot... and the 'managers' disgusting comment of me looking like a young Abi titmus (I later found out she's a *** star who I look nothing alike, mind you. I have piercings, tattoos and coloured hair which she had none of...) they're highly a scam and won't chance being in court as their whole company is illegal and they're doing illegal activity which means that they actually owe the hundreds of people they've scammed out of money, their money back. For the people that didn't receive the photos it's a non receipts of goods and they're actually in (I can't think of the word now because I've had my wisdom teeth pulled today so my mind is a bit blank) but basically they're in the wrong under consumer law as it's an illegal activity that they're doing, pretending that they're a modelling agency and telling every one that they're now a model and putting their photos on a site that is no longer active. If you have mental health issues that helps also as legally they actually couldn't make me sign anything as my mum is my carer due to my ADHD, which I told them so they're also in breach of their contract before I even signed it. I legally couldn't understand what was going on and lot of people may not be able to. You never actually sign a contract with the modelling agency as you sign a piece of paper saying that you're happy for them to get you modelling jobs. Now if they've not done what their job description does then the modelling agency firm stance is void because they've not acted accordingly. Also you can say that you didn't understand exactly what the terms and conditions were because they left out the fact that you won't get a job and their photographers aren't professionals by anyone's standards. They talked really fast and brushed over the actual terms and conditions and didn't give you efficient time to read through all the paperwork that they shoved your way before insisting and pressuring you to sign the contract you haven't had time to read through. What you paid for were edited professional images and if they were anything like mine (doing photography myself) they were far from edited other than two quick photo shopping of the colours which you could do on your phone to turn a photo into black and white and sepier, they were far from what the terms of the deal offered you. So there for they're in breach of their contract anyway. If enough people bring this up with trading standards about what they're doing, you could all actually probably take them to court and have them shut down and your money given back/they give you your money back anyway if you threaten to take them to trading standards with the other hundreds of people that have written about their scam and that most will stand up and tell the trading standards, also. All you need is a few screen shots of the proof of the people's reviews which I'm screen shotting a lot of right now and you've got enough evidence for a strong case.