Tru Talent Management review: FRAUD 49

It seems as if these agents like to pick their victims from Walmart..I was walking through the parking lot and some lady ran up to me, "I love your purse! And wow you are beautiful! Have you ever thought about modeling makeup?" She asked for my number and told me that I would be getting a call within a day or so. Long story short, I have an appointment with them tomorrow but I will be canceling. Also, it's not tru talent anymore, it's Press Talent. Just another scam.

I worked for them for 2 years and have not been paid over time.

does anyone know how long ago the SLC thing happened because ive heard that they actually are trying to get rid of their Tru Talent rep, and a lot of the things that people post that they did or were told when they went to speak with an agent didnt happen to me when i went in, my mom hasnt signed any papers yet...but i was just womdering

are the people obligated by law to follow their contract or can they just terminate?

I was a former employee of Tru/Press Talent Management. I am writing this letter to inform our community of what is going on with this “Talent Agency”

1) They were ordered to shut down their corporate office in Salt Lake City, Utah due to deceptive sales acts.

2) They have changed their name now for the fourth time due to a bad reputation

3) They are still conducting the same thing they were ordered to shut down for, they only difference is, the owner signed the company over to someone else.

They are charging consumers $[protected] per person to sign up with their company. Upon signing up with Tru/Press Talent Management the sales agents are stating that you will receive training for 10 weeks of acting and modeling for $500 per cours, this is true, but not from coaches who are qualified to teach these expensive courses and who have worked in the industry.

The average price for training in Las Vegas for Acting and modeling is about $20-25 per session and there should be no sign up or representation fees. When I was employed with Tru/Press I was instructed take a payments even if their account was paid off as well as to sign up illegal aliens with no citizenship.

The customers are told that they will receive “lifetime photography” which means for the rest of their life they can update their portfolio, family photos, Christmas cards and it includes hair and makeup. When in- fact that is false they have to pay $40.00 for each photo print with a minimum of 6 each time they do a new photo shoot which is $240.00 for each additional photo shoot after and if they would like the entire photo session on a disc they have to purchase 12 prints.

They are holding fake “auditions” which are photo submissions. They are stating they have an audition for a place such as Children’s Place clothing store, audition for the hunger games, Ant Farm and more, when they don’t even send in these photos to anyone. A real audition consists of a person doing a reading from the script or a monologue in front of the actual casting director or producers of the show. Photo submissions are done but mostly for local conventions/tradeshows to see what the client is looking for. If a photo submission is done for a movie or print ad they will call the person they like to audition them in person.

When I was first hired at TTM I was the scouting director and I was instructed to go to various locations like Wal-Mart, Target, Malls, basically wherever there was going to be large groups of people. I was actually arrested for soliciting on private property at the Gateway mall for doing my job. I was instructed to obtain 30 names and numbers each day with a team of 6-8 people under me which had to do the same and bring them in for the sales agents so they could sell them on the training and photos.

Brandie Frommelt is also stating that her workers are independent contractors so she does not have to pay their taxes. When I worked for Tru Talent Management I had a schedule with set hours and I had to clock in and out and was paid a salary but was on a 1099. She has been audited numerous times but somehow keeps getting away with this.

I am not doing this because I want to seek revenge or anything of that nature. I left the company on my own will due to how it was being operated. I was instructed to lie to customers and say that Press Talent was a different company and Brandie Frommelt was no longer the owner when she is. The only difference is she signed everything over to Laura Mcdowell (20 yrs old) which was hired on as a telemarketer about 5 years ago with no previous work experience related to the talent industry, the only employer prior was metro pizzas and she is now the CEO and CFO?

After Tru Talent was ordered to shut down by the division of consumer protection in Salt Lake City I was relocated back to Las Vegas. I was originally hired in Las Vegas and asked to relocate to SLC . Please follow the links below so you can read what happened.
They have now joined the corporate advocacy Business remediation & customer satisfaction program with [redacted] so they can control what is posted online about their company.
For more information please contact David Ferlong at the division of consumer protection in Utah at [protected].

Tru Talent Management - CLOSED - Las Vegas, NV
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KCSG Television - Utah Division of Consumer Protection Signs ...
Tru Talent Settlement Agreement
Press Talent Management and Developement ... - scamInformer.com
Tru Talent changes name - Las Vegas Modeling | Examiner.com

hello every one
my son is an ex taent of theres they got us bye feeling up are ears with all this work my son can do then after i sign the contract nothing what he talked about never happened it was just all lies to just get us to sign and pay money they are a big ### SCAM but i fought back and got my money back .he sounded like a car sells man . but i dont know why they are going up to ppl when they cant even find the ppl they have any work they just want your money they could care less about you . i would love to put this scam out of bussiness they are getting so much heat that they have change there name to PRESS TALENT they will not tell you why they change there name . this is here in las vegas and the one and utah has a law suit on them . they should not get charged any one if they know they can not get you work but everyone just watch out .

I was at Ross the other day and some girl up to me and asked me if I lived here in Las Vegas, I said yes then she went on to tell me that there was gonna be a hair convention at the Mandalay Bay, and that if I want it to be a hair model that they would do to me what ever I wanted to get done, and that depending on what I was getting done they would pay me anywhere from $200 to $600 dollars depending on what I got done. I gave her my name and number because I had previously gotten my hair done for free for a bridal convention, but was paid with hair care products, so I believed the hole shinannagans I was told, I got called a couple of days later by a girl that told me they had given her my number because I had a very
Commercial look and they wanted to work with me so they wanted me to come in for auditions. When i heard the word auditions I was o no this does not sound right! So after reading all this I'm not going to the audition I made an appointment for because if they Are gonna ask me for money I'm gonna send them to hell! All i
Got to say is... Don't pay anyone for you to be successful! They got to pay you!

This TruTalent is such a bullcrap! We were shopping in walmart and this one guy approach us if we would like to have our kids in the commercial! So I said who's parent is it that doesn't want his/her kids to be seen in the tv or commercial! He said that our kids are good looking and etc. So he get our phone numbers and said to call the day after.Sure it was the receptionist called and told us to have an appointment! Were so naive but were hesitant about this matter buy Steve Wygill was a very pursued guy he doesn't care at all but as king as you signed the paper with them they're one all YHWH want is our money! It's all about the money! I regret that we paid more than 1500 not o include the pictorial which was more than 600! I cry so hard when I paid the pictorial because we're so broke and we don't even know where to earn extra money for such a scam! Our salary is just enough for the bills and we got no luxury! See what this ###ing TruTalent scam is all about! We will be filing a case regarding this matter to get our money back and to end this ripped off scam in las Vegas!

I currently am represented by this company and the 90 percent of the classes are just a waste of time. Like the comment above mine, I have gone to "classes" just to be informed that they've been canceled. Or just sit there for a good 45 mins after the classes start. It's ridiculous! I've been with them for a few months now and have gone to "auditions". I believe most of there auditions are faked to make them look and appear legit. They were currently on fox 13 news and ever since then they haven't recruited "new talent" and say they want to work with the talent they currently have. sounds kinda fishy to me! I am currently trying to get out of my contract and its extremely difficult. Also, when I signed my contract I was told i could audition for jobs in Vegas, low and behold, after the fox 13 news thing they no longer allow you to audition in Vegas! Wtf! Oh, and their unbelievable acting coach "rob diamond" ( who I believe is legit) left tru talent. Hmm... all-in-all don't even attempt to do business with these guys!

Tru talent is completely unprofessional. I signed up like an idiot, and when I showed up for my first class I sat around for a good 15 20 minutes waiting before somebody told me "Oh your class was cancelled come back next week." Now I was a little peeved because I wasn't given any notice and I drove across town for nothing. I told them that I wasn't notified and they apologized and made some excuse about how the people that call about these things are un UItah so sometimes people get lost in the shuffle. Ok great right? I show up next week, and wouldn't you know the class was cancelled AGAIN, and not only that but I would have to move my class to another day. At that point I was pissed. The receptionist if thats what you can call a girl who is sitting at a desk texting and eating fries just gave me an oh crap look because she was supposed to have called all of the students un that class to let them know. Once again I spoke to her boss whoever that was and she gave me the same oh well the people in Utah are supposed to inform you story ya right. At that point I wanted out of my contract she gave me a number to call but said that my contract says I am not allowed to back out I have to pay them. I didn't go to their class or their photoshoot. I recieved no service from them and they want me to pay them anyway. I call the number and tell the lady that I want out of my contract. She responds with how about we give you the class for free? I say no I don't want to do any business with such an unprofessional place. She yells back with well I won't sit here and listen to you bad mouthing my company, and hangs up on me. Lovely right? I just recieved a notice that they have sent my account there to collections. I refuse to pay these people anything. I will stand outside their office building with signs saying how big of a scam they are and contact every media outlet that will listen before I give them a red cent. anybody else who feels the same way can email me at great_name_huh@yahoo.com

This is messed up ### lol, I got appointment tomorrow and thanks God i did my homework before i go. :D ya'll have been played ha ha ha dummy ppls. True Agent don't ask Money cuz you are money :D get it

Tru talent is a huge scam.
here is my story i call to try to get my 2 year old son in modeling we went there to get some information on them and i asked

over the phone if there was a big fee they said ask the person that is interviewing you . so i went there and they filled up my head
with all this good stuff that they were currently working on stuff all the time and he "will" is doing kid gap that he needs kids so after
he gave me his "sales pitch" i Had a lot of Faith in him getting my son work he said that he dint get paid unless my son gets paid. so

he
told me that it was 1500 and i can make payments so i did 100 down and 107 a month . he said he had allot of work lined up that we
need to jump on Bord by the end of the week we were kinda rushed in to it so i did and after i signed the papers it was really hard to
get ahold of them you leave a message they never get back to you and all that stuff that he was talking about like baby gap never herd
any thing about it after i signed those papers . he said that we can get a life time worth of pictures and that we needed to get 6 done to
put on there web site we Had to pay 40 per picture so ya i get a life time of pictures but i still have to pay 40 per picture . Ive Ben
with them for almost a year now with my son having no work what so ever I'm telling my story because i dint want other people to
fall for there "sells pitch" like we did so ya allot of money went down the drain

I may get to do a interview on my local news station against Tru Talent.

All I can say is WOW! I was in Walmart and got approached by a Tru Talent Scout, Ebony, lets just say she was dressed like someone from the ghetto. I was immidately on guard. She called me pretty, said I had a nice style, and I gave her my cell phone number and name. She said they would call and set up an appointment. Just 3 days later I get a call. The receptionist, Jessica, sounds like a high school kid and I'm in high school currently so I would know. We talked for a few minutes and she told me to come in the next Monday at 8Pm since it was convient for me. Then I researched them and found this crap. And all I can do is laugh at people being so nieve. I'm only 16 years old and I could smell the lies from this Agency. Then my mom told me that she was approached my the same agency awhile ago for my little sister to come in and audition. Now I don't know what these liars saw, because my sister is tom-boy extreme, shy to the max, and hates acting and modeling her dreams all revovle around soccer! I'm not stupid and I know how these people operate. I've taken acting classes for free that should have cost a couple hundred dollars my mom didnt have but the Agency I'm with believed in me. The classes were fun, helpful, and really cool. The coach was legit had his papers and was even an extra in the Hangover movie, I saw the proof. I did have to pay for photos but only 250 dollars. I've gotten auditons through them too, like the new movie Prom coming out but wasn't choosen but thats okay because you can't win them all. Anyways if half of you people would have done your research first you wouldn't be in the situations you're in now. Your looking for pity and comfort which is pathetic. Everyone makes mistakes now live with it and stop complaining. I may be just a teenager but I have the common sense to not be so careless with money. Anything asked upfront is a SCAM, too many complaints against them is a SCAM, and if your really willing to give money you don't have or can't afford to a bunch of strangers you don't really know you deserve to be taken advantage of. That's plain studpity and carelessness. get a backbone and stop being so trusting. The world is not perfect and reality is cruel. Tru Talent Entertainment is a fruad buisness and you've been played. Deal with it.

WOW! I am SO glad I decided to check out this company prior to my appointment with them! About a year ago I was approached while shopping in Wal-Mart by a Tru Talent agent. She stated that she "liked my style" and her agency would very interested in meeting me. I gave her my contact information but never set a date. COINCIDENTALLY I was approached by a completely different Tru Talent agent, once again while shopping, just a few days ago. She casually approached me, informed me that she was an agent for Tru Talent Management, took my contact info and called me shorly to set up an appointment. She mentioned that they were under new management and were much mire affordable than the previosly run administration. This caught my attention seeing as a REAL talent agency should NOT charge you anything! I decided to just "check them out" to see what this company was all about but have COMPLETELY changed my mind even about that after reading these complaints. It's so unfair, immoral, illegal and flat out WRONG to cheat people out of their money like that. Some people believe in the good of society and assume they'll get their money's worth and have been ripped off by the time they realized what they've signed. If these complaints are accurate- which I believe they are- Tru Talent doesn't even consider the fact of disturbing everyday peoples livelihoods by continuously charging their cards and deminishing their credit scores when they don't receive payments. I hope the Attorney General, BBB, Consumer Board, etc take notice of this company and shut them down. All ghost who have fell victim to this companies scam should press legal charges under the pretense of false advertisement. They "service" paid for has not been rendered. Good luck and thanks for preventing me from getting into what would have been an ugly delimma.

Tru Talent is horrible. I have been fighting to not pay them a dime. I had to call the Division of Consumer protection for help. Thankfully I got it, if anyone in the Salt Lake, UT area are having problems please go to these people. They can and will help you. You can e mail me if you ahve any questions. m_medina1227@yahoo.com

ok miss ebony B, whats your e-mail address? i would like to email u in privare

Do Not Sign, they will tell you the money is for acting and modeling classes." NOT", my daughter went to their acting class for three weeks and they canceled it due to only three in the class. They called us a few weeks later and said they have a class for her now. She went, and again they canceled it. We paid and signed for days of the week convenient with our schedule to only have them change it at their convenience and then to tell us the days we wanted are not available, I think they do this so you won't be able to take a class because I think the acting teacher are just people they hire off the street, and when you are in the sales pitch they ask questions like, what is convenient for you, and what is not convenient, then they tell you about all their classes and that you need to sign up for one now because they fill up as soon as they become available, in the meeting they tell you they have classes every day of the week only to cancel the day that you pick that is convenient for you... No wonder the guy was taking notes while in the meeting. I think they do the old bate and switch scam. They find out what is not convenient and then after you attend a couple of classes for the day that was convenient for you, they switch to the day that was not convenient for you, so you tell them that you did not sign for that day and you would not be able to attend the acting class, and they say, well you signed a contract., since you signed a contract you still have to pay them and they don't have to teach you because you can't attend the class because of a scheduling conflict, and they know this (they took notes). My Daughters first class only had three people in the class so Tru Talent canceled it, and then they tell us 'the only class available for your daughter" is on a day we had told them was not convenient. The acting class was a JOKE, I could of wrote a few lines and had her read them...what a total waste of money, but I did give them another chance only because my daughter wanted so bad to believe in these people. Her next class was modeling. I tried for almost three months to get her into one of their modeling classes, but always got the run around story AGAIN. They would tell me that they would contact us when a class came available. I knew then that we had been scammed. I told them I was not paying for nothing and quit paying and then the threatening letters came. Interesting enough after a year of not paying them they started to email me auditions...Interesting...looks like they are posturing for something wouldn't you say. I will not pay and I am going to report them to all the authorities I can. I will fight them on this one and I hope you will too.

Tru Talent Agency should be shut down they are a bunch of scam artist only out to get peoples $$$$... something should be done with this company.. was approached by agent in store for my daughter, took her for her audition he told her everything she wanted to hear she was so happy she told me she really wants to do this... after wasting my time for 2 hrs listening to him convincing my daughter she is beautiful and talented and getting her hopes up than he tells me that it would be a total of $1500.00 payment plan and have to sign a contract... I seen my daughters face turn from happy to sad... they never tell you from beginning about any money they wait till last minute and try to make you believe it is for real when really it is all a joke and waste of time.. I do not recommend anyone to go to TRU TALENT AGENCY ...I Should have listen to everyone telling me not to take her and I should have read any complaints first... but I didnt and they broke my daughters heart... They should be ashamed of themselves how can they sleep at night knowing they are running a business trying to take peoples $$$$... All the complaints you read about TRU TALENT AGENCY is true, unless you want to have your child heartbroken I would not recommend this agency to anyone... Like I said before TRU TALENT AGENCY should be out of business...

tru sucks they got me at valley fair mall and i really belived them but i got on the hunt for info on them and now forget them. i even made an Appointment today im not going any more i just hope they dont carge me for the interview.. lol

wow. i was approached by a nice girl at walmart who was a talent scout for tru talent management. she told me i'd be great for hair shows, and that in fact, they had one comming up in february that i'd be perfect for. i'm a hairdresser...i know what these shows are about. but she did sound convincing and gave me her card and took my number. now, it was like 9 at nite, and i was pretty grungy from running around all day. anyway, i shoved the card in my back pocket and promptly forgot about it. sure enough, i got a call the next day and whomever i was speaking to wanted me to come in for an audition. i thought "for what? so you can see my hair?" whatever. i made an appointment to go, but after doing my research, i'm cancelling. i was never interested in being a model or actress, and if i wanted to get into a hairshow as a hair model, i wouldn't need this company to do the leg work for me. all i can say is thank you everyone for posting your experiences here. hopefully you can save other people from spending their hard earned cash and wasting their time!

Wow! so what's an actual legit modeling, acting && etc. Agency then?

I just signed up with them today, I am regretting it after reading everyone's comments. Can someone please email me about getting out of the contract. I'm not sure what to do. Please help! wendybird020@hotmail.com

This people are fraud to the MAX! they would offer all this opportunities and photoshoots and modeling castings and commecials etc, after signing the contract they treat you bad and don't even want to pick up the calls, true talent is SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD SACAM FRAUD.

ok hey i wrote you this morning try going down and demanding a refund or that you want out of the contract now! i dont know if it will work but its worth a try...

I am so scared after reading this. I just signed with them yesterday and the guy said that the first payment would be due at the end of November then he wanted I didn't realize $150 would be taken out of my account that day, but low and behold he asked for my credit card. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but now I am really unsure. I can't believe I was so naive and trusting, I seriously hope I'm not screwed. Does anyone know if there's anyway to get out of the contract? I seriously need some help, I just don't know about this anymore.

I am so scared after reading this, I just signed yesterday and I really feel like I need to get out of it, does anyody know if it's possible to get out of a contract with them?

hey if you could write me i would love to talk to you :) and i would also like your help please email me thanks animallover777@hotmail.com

my mom signed me with trutalent and im afraid she wasted alot of money on nothing and that scares me. I mean i do go to photo shoots but i never get cast for any thing i just hope we didnt get scammed like this.

ok me and my friend just signed with tru talent and it was a HUGE mistake instead of just paying them and a bunch of other crap we want to start up a website and a ton of other stuff to help raise awareness about these types of scams and prevent other girls and guys, parents or anyone from falling into this horrible trap! we really need help anyone who wants please contact me animallover777@hotmail.com

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Can someone please help me. I signed my son up for Tru Talent and now I am going to have to back out. I will be canceling my debit card and sending them a letter. I would like some advice on how to keep fighting this in case they start to harass me. I am a SINGLE mother no father he left us. I work 50 hours a week to try and keep me head above water and I have to get help from the government for child care... Please some one e-mail me.

m_medina1227@yahoo.com

Thank you.

I was approached by a 'talent scout' named Courtney yesterday in a mall in Las Vegas, where I live. She came up to me and asked me how old I was, and I told her 18...a little confused and taken aback that this random lady was asking me questions. She preceded to say that I had nice hair and that I could do hair shows. I asked her what that was, and she said that they style your hair then take pictures of it, for advertisements etc. She kept talking to me about it, gave me tips for hair care, and gave me her card. Then I thought okay she has a card...this must be legit...I've always wanted to look into some kind of modeling before and thought it was a good idea. She continued to talk to me then finally asked me for my name, and my number. Usually I would be very cautious about giving out my cell phone number. But I felt sort of pressured so I gave it to her, she said that she'd be giving me a call within the next couple days. Sure enough, I got a call this morning from their receptionist or whatever she is. She asked me if I wanted to come in tomorrow for an audition. I had a very busy day today so I didn't end up calling back until they were closed. I left them a message just asking if they could call me back and explain more what this was about. Then I came online and read everything about their company. When they call me back tomorrow, I am going to tell them about the web research I came across, and to take my phone number off of everything they have because I am not interested in being scammed or paying money for things that talent agencies shouldn't charge their clientele for. I am just glad I did my research before I went in and agreed on anything, and I feel really sorry for the people who are in that situation and hope they can get out of it and hopefully 'Tru Talent Management' can get closed down soon.

My mom and I were shopping at Wal-Mart the other day when this lady came up to my mom and said "is this your daughter? Shes pretty. Have you ever thought of putting her into modeling?" and everything went off from there, she asked for a phone number and she gave us her business card and said that she would have someone call me in a day or so to set up a free appointment with one of the agents. When she left I didn't see her again and the weird thing is that she wasn't even looking at anything in the isle. My mom told me she saw her looking over in our direction a couple times before she came up to us.
I didn't have a good feeling about these people so I thought I would do a little homework on them. I found the KSL news report on Tru Talent and All of your comments. Once I found all of this out I canceled my appointment. I would have feel bad that my parents would have to pay money we don't have and for things I'm never gonna get if I went along with these people.

I just signed up for tru talent management today. They made a copy of my visa and payed 100 dollars in cash but the whole fee is 1000 dollars so i have to pay 100 a month. I didn't realized a lot of people think this was a scam. No wonder the guy whose doing our business seems not really interested with my kids. He talked too fast so that way he'll finished all the papers for us to pay them. I'm really stupid thousand dollars is a lot of money now I'm going to try to cancel the contract but don't know what to do. Is there anybody there that can help me how to cancel this contract. please email me at Daybrepoels@gmail.com

Whoever wrote the one or two pro Tru Talent comments were either employees or the crook owner, I guarantee! I was ripped off by these creeps 2 years ago when my son was 17. He is almost 20 now and has never gotten one job from these jerks. He attended idiotic acting classes that were less legit and professional than taking them at The Community Ed. classes for $15 bucks. My son missed his photo choot because he had to work and the jerks had the balls to charge us $150.00 for missing the shoot. I refused to pay them. I lost my job a year ago and haven't paid them since. They have hounded me mercilessly. I will NOT pay those jerks anymore of my money. I dont know what they can do to me. But someone has to recognize that this is a aclassic SCAM and help us victims get out of this. If anyone has any ideas let me know. dahlquist@hotmail.com Thanks, Lori

bdunson, contact Tru Talent and request your money back as soon as possible. Not that these crook will honor your request, but at least it will be on record that you wanted your money back.

Even if a company is legitimate, most states have at least a 3 day 'cooling off' period where the customer can rescind a contract without penalty. Tru Talent isn't legit, so the contract will most likely be void anyways... but you may have to go to court to get your refund back because those scammers at Tru Talent sure as hell won't be willing to return it to you.

Additionally, contracts that are signed under duress (such as a salesman pressuring you), or while under the influence of alchol or drug (even if it's a legal prescription) may also be easily voided.
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You have to admire KSL, one of the few TV stations to investigate the frauds at Tru Talent.
Towards the end, when they interview the Tru Talent representative about the scam, the agent says something like 'We are not a talent agency, we don't get jobs for models and talent. We train them'

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=309&sid=7104545

I just now signed up for tru talent and am maybe thinking twice after reading all this! I wonder if i can back out. I have paid 100 dollars so far and signed aa contract to pay 1000. all together. does anyone know if i can back out now?

"a new lady said that they wouldent send me to booking without using their photographer. This is not how all the other agencies work in Vegas so I said forget these people."
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This common scam tactic is called "Portfolio Mill".

The Tru Talent rep is LYING when they say "all agencies work this way". As a matter of fact there is no REAL, LEGITIMATE AGENCY that operates in that manner. In many jurisdictions it's actually illegal for an agency own, operate, or require you to purchase products or services from other companies such as photo studios.

It's also AGAINST SAG rules and regulations for an agency to charge for photos or require a certain photographer.

The SAG (the Screen Actors Guild) is the governing union for screen talent.
For more information about REAL, LEGITIMATE AGENCIES from the Screen Actors Guild check out:
http://www.sag.org/news-advisories

In Clark County, Nevada, find a REAL, LICENSED AGENCY at:
http://sandgate.co.clark.nv.us/businessLicense/businessSearch/blinmult.asp
(category 529 for modeling agencies, category 340 for talent (employment agencies).

... and by the way, you WON'T see the scammers from Tru Talent in the list of licensed agencies in Clark County!

I went there and I talked with a lady with short blonde hair. She was nice but said I would have to pay for photos and that it would be $1200 for lifetime photos with this amazing photographer that has done major magazine and editorial work. She showed me his pics and they were pretty g0ood. Since I knew I dident need to spend this much money for pics I asked her if I could bring my own pics to them, she said that was fine and to send them in once they were done and they would send me to the booking agent. When I got my pics I sent them in, and when I called to follow up a new lady said that they wouldent send me to booking without using their photographer. This is not how all the other agencies work in Vegas so I said forget these people. A couple months later I talked to a lady on the phone about a photoshoot and she said the only agency her son has had alot of success getting great auditions from was Tru Talent. So I dont know really what to believe except I am glad that I dident use their services and that their is a reason for all the complaints against them.

you need to go to the labor commission and file a report to collect on back wages.