Warning issued about a Hicksville, NY business posing as "New Faces"
Please be advised that: New Faces® and Newfaces.com is NOT and NEVER has been associated in any way with a business calling itself "New Faces" in Hicksville, NY.
New Faces® is publishing this information because of the volume of contacts our customer service personnel are receiving from people who think we are or are associated with the New Faces Development Center in Hicksville, New York, and that our website at newfaces.com is their website. This is not the case.
We are the registered trademark owner of the trademark "New Faces" and we created the internet's first online portfolio site in 1995. Our credentials and our business history are impeccable. Learn more about New Faces® and Newfaces.com.
Customers of the New Faces Development Center in Hicksville, New York with problems or complaints should direct their complaints to the New Faces Development Center in Hicksville, New York at 25 Woodbury Rd., Hicksville, NY 11801 Phone (516) 822-4208 Fax (516) 938-1725 toll-free 877-793-2237 - AND NOT TO NEWFACES.COM
If you have had a bad experience the New Faces Development Center (newfacesDC.com), you should file a complaint with the Attorney General for the State of New York with this downloadable PDF complaint form and then send it to the address on the form. If enough people use the form at the link above to complain, then the Attorney General will reopen the case against them, and people may be able to get back all or some of their money.
Remember NOT TO MENTION NEWFACES.COM as we are NOT associated with the New Faces Development Center.
Below is a reprint of our press release distributed internationally February 1, 2006 through PRWeb (View original press release at PRweb - opens in new window)
Warning Issued by NEWFACES.COM About Imposter Model Agency
NEWFACES.COM, the internet's premier online talent portfolio site, released a consumer warning today about a business posing as New Faces while scouting for would-be models.
Los Angeles,CA (PRWEB) February 1, 2006 -- eCLICK Interactive Inc., the parent company of NEWFACES.COM and owner of the NEW FACES trademark, released a consumer warning today about a business posing as New Faces while scouting for would-be models.
"We have discovered that this company has been using our trademarked name NEW FACES and directing people to look at our website at http://www.NEWFACES.com representing it as their own, in order for their "talent scouts" to get model hopefuls to purchase their products and services," said Hilary Rowland. "I want to warn consumers that The New Faces Development Center is not and never has been in any way associated with NEWFACES.COM."
The state of New York recently reached a settlement with The New Faces Development Center, which was cited for making deceptive, and exaggerated claims about the services it provided to aspiring models and actors. Under the settlement, The New Faces Development Center will pay the state $75,000 in penalties and $2,000 in costs, and up to $500,000 in restitution to aggrieved consumers.
Prior to the settlement, the Attorney General's Office, the Better Business Bureau and the Nassau County Department of Consumer Affairs had received approximately 55 complaints against "The New Faces Development Center" which also does business under the following names: Image Models Inc.,The New Faces Development Center Inc., Gigacomps.com, and Vanique Model Management
Read the New York Attorney General's January 19, 2006 press release on the settlement:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2006/jan/jan19a_06.html
For more information about claims against The New Faces Development Center, view their Better Business Bureau report
About NEWFACES.COM
Regularly reviewed in top magazines, newspapers and on television, NEWFACES.com, the first online portfolio site, has been the premier and most respected online model and talent community since 1995. Used by top casting agents and industry pros, http://www.newfaces.com is the most respected site in its sector.
