Is this a pedophile or a scam? Urgent, please help.?

[meoww]

I liked a celebrities page on Facebook. He is popular but not extremely well known. He's 16, my age, (His names Jeremy Shada.) He has posted proof that its him on the page, holding up signs in pictures saying its him. I realize that anything can be created, but the proof seemed accurate. I noticed that he responded to his fan posts, and I left a message, asking what his favorite movie was. He responded, and unlike other responses on his page we actually carried out a full conversation. I'd occasionally talk to him when he was online, we would always talk about normal stuff. Then once, he mentioned he would be in Florida. I told him that's where I live. He said that he's filming a music video there, and that although they would be getting talent agencies to find girls, he'd love for me to be in it. I gave him my email and he said the person in charge of the filming would email me. The filming was about 5 hours away from where I live. The person who was in charge emailed me. He said he'd need me to fill out forms, and since the filming would be at the beach, he'd need bikini photos. This is where I stopped and realizing that I could be in danger, declined the offer. Looking at the celebritys facebook, (with about 40,000 likes I believe) it seems legitimate. The real Jeremy shada would eventually find out if there was a fake page with thousands of likes, right?f The facebook page also states his PO box address and has photos of him holding fan mail and gifts. I am starting to regret declining the offer. What should I have done??

[?]

Nope. Just a pedophile pretending to be a 16 year old star. Good for you for realizing this. Mosty stars will not ask regular girls to model for them. They are usualy discovered by agents.. Not the actual celebrity.

[tumbleweed_biff]

Contact the business agent, Get contact information. Verify that the business actually exists and that that person has the position he says he has and that such position would cover the duties he is performing (talent recruitment). Ask for the release forms and check them for authenticity. Assuming everything checks out, with your parents' permission, send in your photos.

Find the celebrity's home web page and it should have a link to their facebook/twitter pages. Make sure that which ever one you are interested is the one you have been using.

[H]

One of the things I like about Twitter, it that real people (especially those in the public eye) get "verified". This means, it's really them and not a con job.

Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't seem to have this.

It sounds like this is a scam for the simple reason that this guy appears to have A LOT of time to talk to people he doesn't know and he's already alluded to getting you into a video...but that he needs shots of you in a bikini.

NO CELEBRITY WOULD SAY THIS. Celebrities already have enough to do in day to day life plus, if they are high up enough, they have trouble with the media and paps, especially stalkers. If this guy was for real, he wouldn't be asking you for pics of yourself in a bikini or to get you into a video.

People who "handle" young celebrities know that they need to watch their charges and make sure they don't do anything with those who aren't in their "circle."

HOw do you know the "person in charge" is for real? A videographer and all the assorted managers that handle the guy's music business would be consulting professional agencies. They wouldn't be going to girls online. You don't know anything about this guy, if he really works for a legit company, etc.

And remember...once you give out pics of yourself, it's on there forever.You cannot delete them. It's perv material.

If this was real, the "person in charge" would already be shaking his head because he doesn't know you, hasn't interviewed you, doesn't know your age, etc. By the way, you are underage so you would need a parent's consent to this type of work. Notice how they aren't asking about your parents?

There are plenty of pages out there...even on Twitter and other places...that claim that are officially from the celebrity, have a ton of "likes", etc....and they are all fake. You can buy "likes" for facebook and followers for twitter. You can fake things very easily and make it look like you're legit. There have been many cases where people have posed as celebrities, people bought into it and started following them or "liking" them....and then the real celebrity stands up and says "NO, I'm not on twitter or facebook."

You need to report this guy.

And please...stop giving your email to people you don't know. There is a ton of information you can get from an email.

Also, the majority of celebs out there don't run there own websites or pages....they have people to do that for them because they are too busy and they need to be careful.

stop following this guy and leave it alone. YOu're not missing out on anything.

[Kittysue]

It's a scam and a pedo.. Tell your parents then file a police report