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Warner Bros Cast Search

Tue, 6 Sept 2005, 07:06 pm
Jess14 posts in thread
Hey there people

I have received a most peculiar email. It purports to be from Warner Bros, and says that I have been 'selected to apply and participate as an "Act" in the induction, casting and making of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." '

It says that I must submit a formal application by 20th Sept, to include the following:
1.full names

2.Mailing address

3.Telphone /fax numbers

4.Recent photograph (scan and send via email)

5.Sex/nationality/marital status
As well as saying that travel arrangements will be arranged for me.

Has anyone else received one of these??? I haven't applied for anything at Warner, ever. I hadn't even been to their website, until I was trying to look them up to check if it was legit.

What do you guys think?? I don't reckon it is.

Thanks,
Jess

Re: Harry Potter and the half-baked idea

Wed, 7 Sept 2005, 04:57 pm
There's another point to be made. (I received the email too, while I was working at Arts Hub, and nobody had heard of the ad). Why send the ad as junk mail, when there are legitimate ways of advertising, through Arts Hub and similar sites, through newspapers, and by sending out media releases.

Spammers keep coming up with ways to confuse you. I currently get an email a day saying my Yahoo account is being revoked, despite the fact that it hasn't yet (I've been getting them for several months).

You'd think they'd get a clue and back off...

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