A 13 year old girl named Ashley Morgan posed as a record executive on MySpace and lured several bands to Los Angeles with the promise of a record contract. Morgan had developed a ‘sonymusicexec‘ MySpace profile to lure bands to her home. After the discovery and police intervention, Ashley’s mother grounded her as punishment. When band members arrived to Ashley’s house they were lured in with free pizza and Crystal Light. The 13 year old would then lock the performers in her basement and force them to play for free. All her “fake” profile said about her position with Sony was that she was a 50 year old and “a very powerful executive at Sony Music and I can sign your band.” ÂÂ

Most MySpace bands are pretty ‘dumb’ and the RIAA had to create a website warning bands about these ‘online predators’. Some tips they gave bands included; 1) If you think the record executive is a “nice person” then you aren’t dealing with a real executive. It’s common knowledge that all record executives are assholes 2) If the contract you’re being offered seems “fair” then you’re dealing with an online band predator.