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Taylor Hill · **Voice Seeker** Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 1

hi i have a school project for film and tv and i am ment to be talking over the phone to vanessa paradis but i need a french accent of a say 37 year old ( or something close to that) female, i cant pay anyone for doing this because im only 15 and i really dont have money, my email address is ******@****.com if you have a microphone and you could do this for me please email me it would really really be helping me out, i need to pass this subject i want to be a director, i really really need to pass so please if you could find it in your heart to help i will be forever greatful.. Taylor Exclamation

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Claire Dodin · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007, 11:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Hi Taylor,
maybe I could help although I'm a bit too young. What exactly do you need? I find your post a bit confusing.
Do you need someone to pretend they are Vanessa Paradis? How long is your script?
Claire Very Happy

Erik Sheppard · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007, 13:56 (GMT) Post subject:

Claire, we are dealing with a freak here, not a needy kid. Don't waste your time.

Claire Dodin · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007, 18:18 (GMT) Post subject:

ok, thanks Erik.
I can be too trusting sometimes.

Erik Sheppard · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007, 18:25 (GMT) Post subject:

Lance Blair · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007, 21:00 (GMT) Post subject:

Even if this was a kid, I'd still call him a freak. Lern 2 spell, bowzo.

Dina Monaco-Boland · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 13:31 (GMT) Post subject:

Lance Blair · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 13:46 (GMT) Post subject:

There are obvious changes in tone between a fake 15 year old and an older scammer.

Dina Monaco-Boland · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 13:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Oh man Lance, I don't mean to be thick but I guess I'm just not that astute at picking up the tone change. Looks like I'm going to have to be extra careful. Yeah, I'm just naive enough to believe that people are who they say they are-- even in an arena like this.

Thanks for telling me what to look for. By the way, can you point out the tone change for me? I'm not trying to be funny, I just really can't figure it out.

This happened once before, didn't it? Oh Lord, now everyone knows I'm easily duped!

Erik Sheppard · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 14:15 (GMT) Post subject:

Dina, We get about one or two of these a month and I usually just delete them but I thought I would leave this one up as an example.

The wording of the post, just screamed pervert, and after googling his email address, I found all kinds of posts from other boards, with different names, and all mentioning that he was 13 or 14 or 15 and to email him.

Ew.

Lance Blair · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 16:27 (GMT) Post subject:

Clues of the "Creep Factor"

1.) Vanessa Paradis is so 1990's...how is a fifteen year-old going to even know who she is?
2.) Why would a high school project involve talking to her, even if the kid is French (and he's not, with a name like Taylor...maybe if it was Taillieur...)?
3.) Terrible grammar, and then he uses the controlled parenthetical phrase "(or something close to that)". Kids who can't spell never use parentheses.
4.) How many times does he use the word "really"?
5.) The kid would be "forever greatful". Teenagers don't say that.
6.) If a "seeker" on v123 sounds desperate, it's not worth responding to them.

Dina Monaco-Boland · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 17:15 (GMT) Post subject:

Thanks guys!

This is so "CSI". I think I need to hang around you guys to pick this stuff up. You guys are very observant. I never would've picked up on that if you hadn't pointed it out. Plus, I have no clue who Vanessa Paradis is.

Okay, so we know I'd make a crappy detective!

Now, what do you guys think about this email I got concerning money for me from Nicaragua? --Naw! I'm not THAT bad!

Randy Stewart · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 17:19 (GMT) Post subject:

It's unfortunate that this happends to good folks. Read between the lines and you can spot things that say "something ain't a right here".

Thanks for the lookout Erik. Job well done.

Funny how we haven't heard from the "boy" since.

Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 20:10 (GMT) Post subject:

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007, 21:25 (GMT) Post subject:

I'm not as astute as you guys at spotting stuff like this (despite the 20 or so daily notices I get from folks in third world countries wanting to stash their million$$ in my checking account), but another clue this isn't legit is that the guy hasn't come back to repost on this thread.