I was fooled into paying Β£500 to be a model. Here's how to avoid my mistake

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BBC Judy attended two phoney photoshoots and paid a total of Β£500 for 15 photos

When 79-year-old Judy Corker from Manchester saw a social media advert calling for older models, it sounded harmless enough and the idea of getting glammed up and maybe earning a bit of money on the side was appealing. "It said there was a lack of mature models, so I thought I'd fill in the form for fun," she tells BBC's Morning Live. But what Judy didn't realise was that she'd stepped into the latest version of a long-running scam.

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