If the situation don't smell right
[QUOTE=Flockshepherd; 1345752]My fellow seekers of wisdom. I have, alas, been ripped off. I answered an ad on BP and commited an assortment of foolish acts. I list them here for your enlightenment. First, upon calling the listed number, the phone rang many times before being answered. Not in and of itself a red flag but bear with me. When I finally got the other party on the line she (?) gave me an address in a residential area off Buck Jones Road. Again, not necessrily a red flag but. I drove to the address as per her instuctions and called her back. Got her voicemail. She called back and asked what kind of car I was driving, as she had seen a LEO conveyance in the parking lot. I gave her the information and she said she'd be right out. (Red flags coming up!) She came out and motioned me into the hallway of the apartment building. She insisted on cash up front before escorting me into her apartment (red flag but she seemed sincere.) I forked over the cash and she said you have just committed a felony under North Carolina State Law. I'm going to have to arrest you. At this point I departed the hallway and scurried back out to the car while she was presumably on the phone to a LEO detention facility, giving them details about my appearance and my automobile. Not much of the foregoing would stand up in a court of law but I prefer to vacate the premises with a short loss in cash as opposed to confronting this person again. I sincerely believe it was a female but when you're shaking in your boots it's hard to be precise about gender.
Here is the ad:
[url]http://raleigh.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/sweet-sweet-candy-girl-creme-filling-major-pecials-21/7513712[/url]
Be safe.[/QUOTE]If you just gave her the money but didn't say it was in exchange for anything, you probably don't have to worry. I dreamed about this one's posting too. But the money up front business was a big concern, as it is not something I will do, having learned that lesson the hard way. And so I was not ripped off.