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This is an archive of relevant mail and our replies organized by subject. The date of the mail bag will be noted for each letter, with a link to the related mail bag. This archive is updated on the first of the month when relevant mail is posted in the current mail bag, and the newest letters are added to the top. Other sections of the Tampa Bay Modeling site link to this section so the mail and our responses can be used as reference and support content. We really like this way of archiving so great letters and our replies are not lost in old mail bags and can be easily researched. Enjoy!
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Scam Fighting? - POSTED APRIL 2006.

Not again. There are already too many model scam fighting sites on the Internet and idiots spewing conspiracy theories and all sorts of vile venom. Please tell me that this potentially useful model resource isn’t going down that tired path. Why don’t you help people instead of slamming them? Why are you calling your site a raptor, too? Is it some jacked up way of trying to intimidate people? It’s not working!
Stick to being positive or no one will take you seriously.
-James

James, we are going to stay positive. Well, for the most part.
We’re no supporters of model scam sites that seem to be set up to make libelous accusations against anyone. As a model, I find those sites cluttered and useless, especially when many of those accusations are difficult to substantiate with credible facts. As a professional, I find such sites depressing. At least balance out the negativity with some positive information.
We are not going to be like that. We will post positive information and professional tools designed to cut through modeling industry misconceptions, expose the behavior patterns of model scams, and attack ideas with better ones. We are not set up to attack people in the modeling industry. Yes, we may expose problems, but unlike those other scam-busting sites we will also offer solutions to those same problems.
It’s not the model scams that really have to worry. I would say that model and talent agencies should worry. What we teach models to do on this site really works, and enables the freelance model to book work without an agency if they choose to.
By the way, a Raptor is a bird of prey, and because our site is set up to fight misconceptions and aggressively introduce superior alternatives to the old, tired way of doing things in the modeling industry, the visualization of an Eagle or a Hawk circling high over a field of old rats and other vermin is quite inspiring and fits.
It doesn’t matter if some do not take us seriously. Those professionals who actually matter will. We take our modeling careers very seriously, and that’s exactly why we choose to think for ourselves while other models are blindly led by agencies who may not have their best interests in mind. By thinking for ourselves we enhance our opportunities to book work and actually have a huge advantage over other models.
~ Model Monica Stevens, Tampa Bay Modeling Mail Bag Editor

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