GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man is trying to lure young women to “model’ using a the name of a downtown Grand Rapids store, but the owner of the shop says it’s not legitimate.
Women as young as 15 have been contacted online and offered money to model.
The owner of the Gina’s Boutique on Monroe Center says this is a scary scam. She said she doesn’t need models and has no association with the person posting online.
“To know that somebody is out there using my store name to possibly hurt women or abduct them, it’s heartbreaking,” Gina Van Timmeren said.
Van Timmeren said that on Monday, a young aspiring model called the store to ask about the photo shoot. Van Timmeren had no idea what she was talking about.
“So then I really got concerned,” she said.
Then two other women called saying the same thing.
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