Lesson learned. Thanks for sharing. I had the same experience with RubRatings, although I never paid a cent. When I got to the apartment complex she provided, she told me to send her $$ over a cash app before I got the room number. I told her all I had was cash. She insisted on the cash app so I bailed, She wasted 20 minutes of my time traveling to the purported incall, but got no $$ from me.
There seems to be A LOT of scammer accounts on RR right now. General (not always 100%) indicators of a likely scammer:
- mentions sex acts in the ad
- no reviews anywhere
- has HOT pictures, often very graphic
- non TX area codes (not in your case)
- googling phone number shows no other ads on other hobby sites
- often has typos or weird wording in the ads
- tineye'ing the pics are often coming up clean in many cases, so scammers are getting better about using someone else's pics in their ads
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, pay without seeing the person.
Originally Posted by EagleEye
Exactly! They try to get you to send them money once you arrive knowing that you just spent the time to drive there. Such a scam... and I sadly fell for it. I was thinking at that time... well, it's only $50 bucks to potentially find a diamond.