Airbrush Tanning Scam Alert

Today I wanted to write about an airbrush tanning scam that’s been going around and I am hoping to make everyone else in our airbrush tanning industry aware of this, hoping to stop those scammers.  Many of my previous students have been contacted by these scammers and we all discussed this in our private Facebook group.  I know that not everyone is always online so I am hoping it will bring additional awareness here through the website.

The scam starts out by someone texting you and asking if you do Bodybuilder spray tanning or Fitness competition tanning. In many cases it was with the name of “Jennifer Harbert”.  This picture here to the left, indicates the text message I received myself from the phone number 510-948-1118 and many of my other students reported receiving this same message but from a different phone number.  It appears that they get our contact information from Yelp.  I know this because one of my student told me that she just got registered on Yelp a few days prior to receiving this message.  Several of my previous students have reported this, so it appears it’s really going around all over.  Here is a snap shot of the message from one of my previous student:

What the scammer usually hope for is that you charge a credit card for an extreme large amount.  They will usually give you a stolen credit card and ask you to charge a bit more and then refund you the extra additional money that you charged in cash.  Then later on, after the credit card company finds out that it was a fraudulent charge, the credit card company will refund the money and take it away from you and then you will be responsible for paying everything back.  This has been going on in many different industries.  One of my previous student is also a nail technician and she reported that this was also in the nail industry.  So I am assuming that this is probably going on in the whole salon industry.  I hope that nobody has fallen for this.  So far I have not heard of any horror stories but this is why I wanted to write about it and hoping to alert everyone.

Here are also 2 more pictures of another previous student who was texting along just to get more information from the scammer and so that we could share more with everyone:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that nobody falls for this and that we can put an end to this scam. Anyone who wishes to provide more or additional information to this may add below this blog post.

 

 

Hands-On Airbrush Tanning Training in Connecticut & Online Airbrush Tanning Training

Last year, we made an announcement that we now have another airbrush tanning training location in Connecticut.  Our trainer Tammy is leading that location and this might be better for those students living on the East Coast.

Tammy was trained in Los Angeles several years ago before she decided to move away to Connecticut and lead her own Hollywood Airbrush Tanning Academy.  With the skills she learned at the academy, she was able to get her own local airbrush tanning business up and running quickly and now also leads the training academy on the East Coast.  Students are invited to visit her airbrush tanning business and learn from her.

She already trained someone from nearby Rhode Island and this weekend she is busy training a student from New York.

For those of you who can not travel, we also have the online spray tanning training program available at www.AirbrushTanningCertificationClasses.com.  This is a private membership site for students and we documented everything on how to start your own airbrush tanning business with videos.  There is literally a video available for everything on how to use the gun to spray tanning technique, how to prepare clients based on FDA recommendations to how to do a mobile spray tan and lot’s of videos on marketing/website so you can get clients immediately.  We also educate you on all the different spray tanning machines and solutions available on the market and we do not sell you any products but we share with you where you can buy everything directly at the best prices. The online airbrush tanning training is a combination between you doing the self paced lessons on your own and also meet with a trainer online for several hours.  All you need is high speed Internet connection.

There are other organizations out there that charge you between $25,000 to $65,000 for setting up a Franchise business but with our training program you will have everything just like a Franchise, except you can use your own business name.  We have no requirements and you can start your own spray tanning business without having to pay any monthly royalty payments.  And when you are ready, in the future you can become a spray tan trainer with the Hollywood Airbrush Tanning Academy and teach within your own city.

You can sign up to our list and get information on how much money you need to start your own airbrush tanning business.  We also email you more videos and information on our spray tanning training program.

 

 

 

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