|
This forum thread is moderated by Admin
-
Regular Member
Posts: 12
Don't hand over money till deed done!
Meet Abby first time all good. Tried help out and did deed 101 handy some money over without taking care business?
Got took please Remeber rules or you will pay!
https://skipthegames.com/posts/cinci...n/983842712255
Talks all I good however, don't believe or you to will get stung.
Be safe!
-
Senior Member
Posts: 181
Sofia--Dayton phone number
Fuck asking for money, take this to the bank man. The FBI DOES NOT call you. If they are looking for you, they knock on your door.
Originally Posted by Kenal1
[View Original Post]
About 10 days ago I got a call from an unknown caller that I didn't recognize. It was late afternoon and I was at home with my wife. Thinking that it could be a return call from an provider / advertiser, I sent the call to voicemail. Almost immediately, the same caller called again and, again, I sent it to voicmail. No message was left either time. Later that evening I Googled the phone number and it showed that it was the USA Courthouse in downtown Cincinnatia little nerve wracking to say the least.
Then, yesterday, I got a call from the same number, although it didn't register with me that it was, indeed, the same number as 10 days ago. I was at an auto repair shop so I answered. The caller said he was with the FBI, gave me a name and badge number, confirmed that my name is XXXXXXXXX and asked if I remembered making a phone call to Sofia ( https://skipthegames.com/posts/colum...n/313510201045). He spoke rather quickly and seemed "polished" in the way he responded to my questions and comments. I detected a slight accent but, generally, he spoke pretty clearly although the phone connection was pretty lousy and he kept cutting in and out. He said Sofia had been arrested for human trafficing (and other things) and was now cooperating with the FBI. I had, in fact, called her a number of times but she never answered, so I eventually left her a fairly generic voicemail message--stuff like, "I saw your ad; I can't text; please call me", and so forth. Then he played a recording of my call to her. He knew my home address and some other stuff to make everything seem more legit.
Then he told me that I would have to get $4,980 (a strange amount) in cash and take it to a PNC Bank. Once there, he would give me deposit instructions and if I din't cooperate then I'd be arrested. Naturally, this raised a bunch of red flags, but I have to admit that I was also damn near pissing myself. I explained that I couldn't do anything "right now", as he was insisting, because I didn't even have access to my car (which was trueI was getting an oil change). He asked how long it would take and I told him probably an hour. He gave me a phone number and repeated his name. The phone number was a 216 area code (Cleveland) and I asked why he had an out-of-town area code. He said that was his direct, personal number.
I got my car and called a trusted friend sho knows about my lifestyle. He immediately said it's a scam because the FBI would NEVER ask for money. Logically, I knew he was rightand I had been thinking the same thing all alongbut, on the other hand, the caller scared the shit out of me. So, my buddy looked up the name on Linkedin and there was, indeed, and FBI agent with that name in the Cleveland office. He called the office, asked for the agent but was not connected. However, they did connect him with a secretary / receptionist-type person in the unit. She told him "No way" would the FBI ever ask for money. My buddy also called a friend of his who's pretty saavy with technology who told him it's definitely possible to manipulate phone calls to make them look like they're coming from someplace other than where they're really coming fromie, the calls to me showing up as the USA Courthouse in Cincinnati.
Finally, by buddy called the fake FBI guy pretending to be my lawyer. He told him that he already called the Cleveland FBI office and that they asked him to forward any information he can gather to them. The guy hung up and everything has been calm since then.
Some of you guys are probably laughing that I was at all worried about this scam being real. If so, I get it. However, like I said, the guy was well polished, was consistent in his comments and "spoke with authority", so to speak. Plus, he did have my voice recorded and knew stuff about me that, while "public", like my address and so forth, it added to his credibilityespecially when you're already wetting yourself. LOL LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Don't leave voicemail messages.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 266
Lacie, aka Bree. In Hamilton
If you hadn't given her the cash at the store, you would have seen the laundry room. I did a couple years ago.
Communication is a nightmare, she can't host. Wants car play or for you to set her up in a hotel. But if you can actually get face to face, as long as you don't pay upfront, she's ok. Just ok though.
Originally Posted by JMas1
[View Original Post]
https://escortalligator.com.listcraw...nati/115564875#.
Lacie will be nice to you over the phone to get you to drop your guard and even nicer once you meet up. But don't drop your guard, don't give her anything in advance she will run off with it if you give her the opportunity and I foolishly did. Its my own fault for not following the number one rule of never give anything in advance. But hey I was trying to be a nice guy and help her out (dumb mistake). She runs a scam where you meet her at a store then she tells you she has this spot you can go but you never end up at the spot (a laundry room she said) she asks you to please stop at the store and gives some line about her kid to try and get sympathy. She gets out goes in the store and you never see her again all the while sitting in the parking lot like a doofus. Tons of red flags that I ignored but hey I was trying to make a business relationship I could see on a regular basis so my thought process was I will be cool to her she will be cool to me. Proceed with caution gentlemen this one is a bad apple and can't be trusted.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 327
Federal Agents
Originally Posted by Katmandu6999
[View Original Post]
Sorry you had to go through this even as a veteran monger. We have to be on our game all the time! BTW, and I wouldn't expect everyone to know this, but the "USA" Courthouse is not known as that especially to an FBI agent. Its known as the Federal Courthouse.
I have a little experience dealing with federal agents. Generally speaking, they like to show up at your house unannounced for a "knock and talk. " In any event, your 5th Amendment rights still apply. You don't have to talk to them and you should not without a lawyer present.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 225
Scam
Originally Posted by Kenal1
[View Original Post]
About 10 days ago I got a call from an unknown caller that I didn't recognize. It was late afternoon and I was at home with my wife. Thinking that it could be a return call from an provider / advertiser, I sent the call to voicemail. Almost immediately, the same caller called again and, again, I sent it to voicmail. No message was left either time. Later that evening I Googled the phone number and it showed that it was the USA Courthouse in downtown Cincinnatia little nerve wracking to say the least.
Then, yesterday, I got a call from the same number, although it didn't register with me that it was, indeed, the same number as 10 days ago. I was at an auto repair shop so I answered. The caller said he was with the FBI, gave me a name and badge number, confirmed that my name is XXXXXXXXX and asked if I remembered making a phone call to Sofia ( https://skipthegames.com/posts/colum...n/313510201045). He spoke rather quickly and seemed "polished" in the way he responded to my questions and comments. I detected a slight accent but, generally, he spoke pretty clearly although the phone connection was pretty lousy and he kept cutting in and out. He said Sofia had been arrested for human trafficing (and other things) and was now cooperating with the FBI. I had, in fact, called her a number of times but she never answered, so I eventually left her a fairly generic voicemail message--stuff like, "I saw your ad; I can't text; please call me", and so forth. Then he played a recording of my call to her. He knew my home address and some other stuff to make everything seem more legit.
Then he told me that I would have to get $4,980 (a strange amount) in cash and take it to a PNC Bank. Once there, he would give me deposit instructions and if I din't cooperate then I'd be arrested. Naturally, this raised a bunch of red flags, but I have to admit that I was also damn near pissing myself. I explained that I couldn't do anything "right now", as he was insisting, because I didn't even have access to my car (which was trueI was getting an oil change). He asked how long it would take and I told him probably an hour. He gave me a phone number and repeated his name. The phone number was a 216 area code (Cleveland) and I asked why he had an out-of-town area code. He said that was his direct, personal number.
I got my car and called a trusted friend sho knows about my lifestyle. He immediately said it's a scam because the FBI would NEVER ask for money. Logically, I knew he was rightand I had been thinking the same thing all alongbut, on the other hand, the caller scared the shit out of me. So, my buddy looked up the name on Linkedin and there was, indeed, and FBI agent with that name in the Cleveland office. He called the office, asked for the agent but was not connected. However, they did connect him with a secretary / receptionist-type person in the unit. She told him "No way" would the FBI ever ask for money. My buddy also called a friend of his who's pretty saavy with technology who told him it's definitely possible to manipulate phone calls to make them look like they're coming from someplace other than where they're really coming fromie, the calls to me showing up as the USA Courthouse in Cincinnati.
Finally, by buddy called the fake FBI guy pretending to be my lawyer. He told him that he already called the Cleveland FBI office and that they asked him to forward any information he can gather to them. The guy hung up and everything has been calm since then.
Some of you guys are probably laughing that I was at all worried about this scam being real. If so, I get it. However, like I said, the guy was well polished, was consistent in his comments and "spoke with authority", so to speak. Plus, he did have my voice recorded and knew stuff about me that, while "public", like my address and so forth, it added to his credibilityespecially when you're already wetting yourself. LOL LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Don't leave voicemail messages.
Sorry you had to go through this even as a veteran monger. We have to be on our game all the time! BTW, and I wouldn't expect everyone to know this, but the "USA" Courthouse is not known as that especially to an FBI agent. Its known as the Federal Courthouse.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 1808
Originally Posted by Kenal1
[View Original Post]
About 10 days ago I got a call from an unknown caller that I didn't recognize. It was late afternoon and I was at home with my wife. Thinking that it could be a return call from an provider / advertiser, I sent the call to voicemail. Almost immediately, the same caller called again and, again, I sent it to voicmail. No message was left either time. Later that evening I Googled the phone number and it showed that it was the USA Courthouse in downtown Cincinnatia little nerve wracking to say the least.
1. didn't use a burner phone or number spoof app.
2. Left a voicemail.
3. didn't block the number after call 1-2-3-4-etc.
What else?
-
Senior Member
Posts: 84
The Amount Makes Sense
Originally Posted by Kenal1
[View Original Post]
About 10 days ago I got a call from an unknown caller that I didn't recognize. It was late afternoon and I was at home with my wife. Thinking that it could be a return call from an provider / advertiser, I sent the call to voicemail. Almost immediately, the same caller called again and, again, I sent it to voicmail. No message was left either time. Later that evening I Googled the phone number and it showed that it was the USA Courthouse in downtown Cincinnatia little nerve wracking to say the least.
Then, yesterday, I got a call from the same number, although it didn't register with me that it was, indeed, the same number as 10 days ago. I was at an auto repair shop so I answered. The caller said he was with the FBI, gave me a name and badge number, confirmed that my name is XXXXXXXXX and asked if I remembered making a phone call to Sofia ( https://skipthegames.com/posts/colum...n/313510201045). He spoke rather quickly and seemed "polished" in the way he responded to my questions and comments. I detected a slight accent but, generally, he spoke pretty clearly although the phone connection was pretty lousy and he kept cutting in and out. He said Sofia had been arrested for human trafficing (and other things) and was now cooperating with the FBI. I had, in fact, called her a number of times but she never answered, so I eventually left her a fairly generic voicemail message--stuff like, "I saw your ad; I can't text; please call me", and so forth. Then he played a recording of my call to her. He knew my home address and some other stuff to make everything seem more legit.
Then he told me that I would have to get $4,980 (a strange amount) in cash and take it to a PNC Bank. Once there, he would give me deposit instructions and if I din't cooperate then I'd be arrested. Naturally, this raised a bunch of red flags, but I have to admit that I was also damn near pissing myself. I explained that I couldn't do anything "right now", as he was insisting, because I didn't even have access to my car (which was trueI was getting an oil change). He asked how long it would take and I told him probably an hour. He gave me a phone number and repeated his name. The phone number was a 216 area code (Cleveland) and I asked why he had an out-of-town area code. He said that was his direct, personal number.
I got my car and called a trusted friend sho knows about my lifestyle. He immediately said it's a scam because the FBI would NEVER ask for money. Logically, I knew he was rightand I had been thinking the same thing all alongbut, on the other hand, the caller scared the shit out of me. So, my buddy looked up the name on Linkedin and there was, indeed, and FBI agent with that name in the Cleveland office. He called the office, asked for the agent but was not connected. However, they did connect him with a secretary / receptionist-type person in the unit. She told him "No way" would the FBI ever ask for money. My buddy also called a friend of his who's pretty saavy with technology who told him it's definitely possible to manipulate phone calls to make them look like they're coming from someplace other than where they're really coming fromie, the calls to me showing up as the USA Courthouse in Cincinnati.
Finally, by buddy called the fake FBI guy pretending to be my lawyer. He told him that he already called the Cleveland FBI office and that they asked him to forward any information he can gather to them. The guy hung up and everything has been calm since then.
Some of you guys are probably laughing that I was at all worried about this scam being real. If so, I get it. However, like I said, the guy was well polished, was consistent in his comments and "spoke with authority", so to speak. Plus, he did have my voice recorded and knew stuff about me that, while "public", like my address and so forth, it added to his credibilityespecially when you're already wetting yourself. LOL LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Don't leave voicemail messages.
Banks have to report transactions over 10 k. Criminals used to stay just under that to avoid detection. The Feds got wise to this & started tracking for repeated transactions between 5 k & 10 k. If you want to try to scam multiple folks at the same time, keep it under 5 k to be more likely to avoid detection. Not to say that a bunch of 4. 9 k cash transfers would not be suspicious. You just might get some through before it's shut down. Hell, you get a half dozen through to Nigeria, that clown is living like a kind for a few years.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 82
Thanks for the report
I also had some wild tech spoofing that has been scary and I was seeing a UTR legit masseuse with nothing solicitous in public! They somehow connected to my social and pretended to know my SA, seemingly knowing more than was in public. The woman had a government tech guy sleuth it and shut it down. The originating source was an internet cafe in Nigeria. Definitely scary stuff threatening to blow up my home life. They didn't ask for money just worked me via text including WhatsApp (not as secure as promoted or they could track it to my device or IP, IDK) to convince me of authenticity before the demand. Fortunately, the shutdown happened before that did. The only easy access point based on my habits, according to the govt tech guy, was charging my phone at an airport. I definitely don't do that anymore.
SOCA.
Originally Posted by Kenal1
[View Original Post]
About 10 days ago I got a call from an unknown caller that I didn't recognize. It was late afternoon and I was at home with my wife. Thinking that it could be a return call from an provider / advertiser, I sent the call to voicemail. Almost immediately, the same caller called again and, again, I sent it to voicmail. No message was left either time. Later that evening I Googled the phone number and it showed that it was the USA Courthouse in downtown Cincinnatia little nerve wracking to say the least.
Then, yesterday, I got a call from the same number, although it didn't register with me that it was, indeed, the same number as 10 days ago. I was at an auto repair shop so I answered. The caller said he was with the FBI, gave me a name and badge number, confirmed that my name is XXXXXXXXX and asked if I remembered making a phone call to Sofia ( https://skipthegames.com/posts/colum...n/313510201045). He spoke rather quickly and seemed "polished" in the way he responded to my questions and comments. I detected a slight accent but, generally, he spoke pretty clearly although the phone connection was pretty lousy and he kept cutting in and out. He said Sofia had been arrested for human trafficing (and other things) and was now cooperating with the FBI. I had, in fact, called her a number of times but she never answered, so I eventually left her a fairly generic voicemail message--stuff like, "I saw your ad; I can't text; please call me", and so forth. Then he played a recording of my call to her. He knew my home address and some other stuff to make everything seem more legit..
-
Senior Member
Posts: 1079
Sofia--Dayton phone number
About 10 days ago I got a call from an unknown caller that I didn't recognize. It was late afternoon and I was at home with my wife. Thinking that it could be a return call from an provider / advertiser, I sent the call to voicemail. Almost immediately, the same caller called again and, again, I sent it to voicmail. No message was left either time. Later that evening I Googled the phone number and it showed that it was the USA Courthouse in downtown Cincinnatia little nerve wracking to say the least.
Then, yesterday, I got a call from the same number, although it didn't register with me that it was, indeed, the same number as 10 days ago. I was at an auto repair shop so I answered. The caller said he was with the FBI, gave me a name and badge number, confirmed that my name is XXXXXXXXX and asked if I remembered making a phone call to Sofia (https://skipthegames.com/posts/colum...n/313510201045). He spoke rather quickly and seemed "polished" in the way he responded to my questions and comments. I detected a slight accent but, generally, he spoke pretty clearly although the phone connection was pretty lousy and he kept cutting in and out. He said Sofia had been arrested for human trafficing (and other things) and was now cooperating with the FBI. I had, in fact, called her a number of times but she never answered, so I eventually left her a fairly generic voicemail message--stuff like, "I saw your ad; I can't text; please call me", and so forth. Then he played a recording of my call to her. He knew my home address and some other stuff to make everything seem more legit.
Then he told me that I would have to get $4,980 (a strange amount) in cash and take it to a PNC Bank. Once there, he would give me deposit instructions and if I din't cooperate then I'd be arrested. Naturally, this raised a bunch of red flags, but I have to admit that I was also damn near pissing myself. I explained that I couldn't do anything "right now", as he was insisting, because I didn't even have access to my car (which was trueI was getting an oil change). He asked how long it would take and I told him probably an hour. He gave me a phone number and repeated his name. The phone number was a 216 area code (Cleveland) and I asked why he had an out-of-town area code. He said that was his direct, personal number.
I got my car and called a trusted friend sho knows about my lifestyle. He immediately said it's a scam because the FBI would NEVER ask for money. Logically, I knew he was rightand I had been thinking the same thing all alongbut, on the other hand, the caller scared the shit out of me. So, my buddy looked up the name on Linkedin and there was, indeed, and FBI agent with that name in the Cleveland office. He called the office, asked for the agent but was not connected. However, they did connect him with a secretary / receptionist-type person in the unit. She told him "No way" would the FBI ever ask for money. My buddy also called a friend of his who's pretty saavy with technology who told him it's definitely possible to manipulate phone calls to make them look like they're coming from someplace other than where they're really coming fromie, the calls to me showing up as the USA Courthouse in Cincinnati.
Finally, by buddy called the fake FBI guy pretending to be my lawyer. He told him that he already called the Cleveland FBI office and that they asked him to forward any information he can gather to them. The guy hung up and everything has been calm since then.
Some of you guys are probably laughing that I was at all worried about this scam being real. If so, I get it. However, like I said, the guy was well polished, was consistent in his comments and "spoke with authority", so to speak. Plus, he did have my voice recorded and knew stuff about me that, while "public", like my address and so forth, it added to his credibilityespecially when you're already wetting yourself. LOL LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Don't leave voicemail messages.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 515
Sophisticated ripoff attempt through anothER review site
On March 7th, I set up a met with a provider Kelli, TER#376462 via e-mail at beachquest@proton.me.
Communication was by e-mail only and "she" wanted my linkedin information and to "validate" my cell number. (see below). Everything seemed fine until I arrived at the hotel and got the Room#- knocked and no answer. I e-mailed back and got no answer, but my cell rang- it was a mail asking if it was me using my linkedin info, and saying I had 45 minutes to get to a bank and give them money. I hung up after suggesting he fornicate himself. Phone rang several more times, and they left another theatening e-mail. All ignored. No contact since then.
There were only 2 reviews on her. The first one (11/22), from cappy69, said that he had gotten contact info on her from a friend. Cappy69 has dozens of reviews going back 20 years and is provider verified. The second (12/22) from Tallhat- he has 6 reviews, all in Nov 2022, all from local Cincinnati, Indianapoliis) area providers. The ad had a website link and an e-mail address, which is how I made contact. "Kelli" took a longtime to "verify" my information. I would add that the website link https://www.escort-ads.com/escort/un...cinnati/kellir# may be faked- I tried to get a membership to see other pictures and never got a response. My guess is that Tallhat is the scammer- finds legitimate reviews that are hard to verify then does a review adding fake contact information.
I know, don't share information, etc. But I have been at this a long time and they were slick. My only regret is that I didn't pick up the next call and record it- but spilt milk, etc.
The good dr.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 397
Uber
Originally Posted by WhereDreamsGo
[View Original Post]
I did see her once, and she was real and a non ripoff. But she is definitely not reliable enough for you to get a hotel room for her in advance before she shows up. A prior try with her, I was already in a hotel on other business and tried to arrange outcall, which I gave up on after she was two hours late waiting for a driver. Not sure why she can't just use Uber, or have you order one if she wanted. As I reported, she was OK overall, but not so OK that I would bother again most likely.
Most of these girls won't (can't) order their own Uber rides because they don't have a card to put it on.
-
Regular Member
Posts: 13
Trickery. Lacie
https://escortalligator.com.listcraw...nati/115564875#.
Lacie will be nice to you over the phone to get you to drop your guard and even nicer once you meet up. But don't drop your guard, don't give her anything in advance she will run off with it if you give her the opportunity and I foolishly did. Its my own fault for not following the number one rule of never give anything in advance. But hey I was trying to be a nice guy and help her out (dumb mistake). She runs a scam where you meet her at a store then she tells you she has this spot you can go but you never end up at the spot (a laundry room she said) she asks you to please stop at the store and gives some line about her kid to try and get sympathy. She gets out goes in the store and you never see her again all the while sitting in the parking lot like a doofus. Tons of red flags that I ignored but hey I was trying to make a business relationship I could see on a regular basis so my thought process was I will be cool to her she will be cool to me. Proceed with caution gentlemen this one is a bad apple and can't be trusted.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 530
Krissy
Originally Posted by GenxDad
[View Original Post]
I tried to get up with this one on 3 different occasions in January because I liked her looks. The first time we set an appointment she ghosted me before I had a chance to get an address so I overlooked it. The second time I arrived at the address and she claimed her car broke down. The third time she requested I get a hotel (which I stupidly paid for) and she ghosted me again so that is equivalent to ripping me off in my view.
https://escortalligator.com.listcraw...nati/112195087
I did see her once, and she was real and a non ripoff. But she is definitely not reliable enough for you to get a hotel room for her in advance before she shows up. A prior try with her, I was already in a hotel on other business and tried to arrange outcall, which I gave up on after she was two hours late waiting for a driver. Not sure why she can't just use Uber, or have you order one if she wanted. As I reported, she was OK overall, but not so OK that I would bother again most likely.
-
Senior Member
Posts: 61
Krissy in Cheviot/Springdale
I tried to get up with this one on 3 different occasions in January because I liked her looks. The first time we set an appointment she ghosted me before I had a chance to get an address so I overlooked it. The second time I arrived at the address and she claimed her car broke down. The third time she requested I get a hotel (which I stupidly paid for) and she ghosted me again so that is equivalent to ripping me off in my view.
https://escortalligator.com.listcraw...nati/112195087
-
Regular Member
Posts: 8
Deposit
Originally Posted by SnarkDog54
[View Original Post]
Most of the ads requiring a deposit are fakethat's why we steer clear.
Oh this one is real, I've seen her on an incall before which why I thought it was safe. She's just stealing now apparently.
Posting Limitations
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
Forum Rules
|
|