Fake Castings

Fake Castings

A remarkable message landed in my inbox the other day. A portal called Projectcasting.com informed me that my "Campaign Listing" was still live and awaiting my approval of the applicants. They'd already reached out several times, they said, but didn't want to be a nuisance.

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Very considerate. Except I never created a listing there. I'm not a member. I've never had any contact with the platform. So there's a casting call out there in my name that I never posted, and someone out there may well be applying to it right now.

Welcome to 2026, where your own name is raw material for someone else's business model.

Something similar reached me regarding a site called "Modelmanagement". A model told me recently that a profile has surfaced there apparently pointing to me. But I've never opened an account, never posted a casting, never communicated with the site. My guess is that my data ended up there through automated scraping of Instagram, but I have no proof. What I can say with certainty: I'm not on that site. Whatever appears there in my name did not come from me.

And because these patterns keep piling up, it's time for a clear word to every model who's interested in shooting with me:

I work without agents.

If someone writes to you claiming to be "my manager," "my booker," "my assistant," or some other creative middleman, it is one hundred percent a scam. I book my own shoots. I write my own messages. I take my own photos. Anyone stepping into the middle of that is not acting on my behalf.

Stay skeptical, in general.

If you're ever unsure whether a message actually came from me, the route is always the same: go to simonbolz.com and write to me at the email address listed there. I answer personally, usually within a few hours.

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