Kitty, anyone who asks for 'ID' of 'real name' I am very suspicious of.  No one in their right mind would give this info out.

As for the 'interview' that screams red flag to me and also screams 'free shag' for the interviewer.

There was something similar to this posted lately but I cant remember the title or I would link it, but basically the girl was scammed into doing an overnight and when she went to get money next day there was no money to be got.  Now I cant honestly remember how it went but the guy definitely got a night of free sex as the girl did not receive the payment for her overnight.

So unless you have money in YOUR hand for booking you are going to do, then the answer to your question is YES, this is most definitely a scam.  No matter how they dress it up.

Essentially what they offer is up to ?15k a year for students with 2-4 sexual meet ups with your sponsor a term (which is like 12 a year...)

Has anyone heard of the SponsorAScholar scheme?

SPONSOR A SCHOLAR? Oh my God, please forgive the all-caps but I am slightly amazed at the absurdity of this "rebranding" of the age old shag-me-now-I'll-pay-you-later-honest scam!

(And, ugh, after actually looking at the website I feel pretty icky. "HMRC treat scholarships as a legitimate and deductable business expense so if own your own business, all scholarship contributions to Sponsor A Scholar UK can be made by your company and are free of corporation and income tax"? WHO WROTE THIS NONSENSE? Oh my goodness gracious god almighty.)

SPONSOR A SCHOLAR? Oh my God, please forgive the all-caps but I am slightly amazed at the absurdity of this "rebranding" of the age old shag-me-now-I'll-pay-you-later-honest scam!

Yes, it's a pretty good upgrade of the Nigerian scam (I'm an African king please help me to get the money out of my country bla bla..)

It's almost got me wanting to ring up HMR&C to see what they say.

I feel the same way. Totally disgusting ( to say the least).

HMRC, Ian. You know it makes sense

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sex-for-tuition-fees-anyone-students-being-offered-up-to-15000-a-year-to-cover-cost-of-studies-in-exchange-for-having-sex-with-strangers-8364894.html

Was flicking through the Indo when I saw this and remembered this thread.Yup it would seem like a total scam and the guy behind it now has his face plastered all over the papers.

Muhahaha, what an asshole, I'mdelighted!

Oh my God, look at his smug face! I do indeed hope he's enjoying his little moment of fame there. Con artists' sense of superiority [until they get caught] is literally the most nauseating thing.

When a male reporter approached the site as a potential sponsor, however, he was told there was a ?waiting list? and would be contacted in the new year

That just did my day.  But the indo journos are not that good at detective work, they could have just followed the guy (without being noticed) to his flat (he lived around the corner). And once you know his address it's not that hard to find his name.

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Hello dear Independent journalists,

Lovely story, but the Q&A contains a couple of errors which you might want to correct:

Q. Is it illegal to run a website where men or women appear to provide sex for money?

A. This is a grey area. Owners can be arrested for controlling prostitution if the police can show that sexual services are being given in exchange for cash. But this is often very difficult.

As just the offer to be sexual with someone for money is enough to make someone a prostitute, it is screamingly obvious that, if any real sponsors existed then

a) he's doing enough to count as control, and

b) he's gaining from it - sponsors pay some up front money to him.

Even in the quite likely event that there aren't any, there's "Causing or inciting prostitution for gain": getting people to offer to have sex for money in expectation of gain for himself or someone else. As gain includes getting a discount, the freebies he's been having or hoping to have would count.

Operators can say the sex is a private contract between the client and the sex worker. On the SponsorAScholar.co.uk website the extensive terms and conditions describe an agreement which covers time and companionship together.

They can, but when it's obvious to everyone that prostitution is involved, it doesn't do them any good. The usual way they do this is via promoting 'field reviews' or similar, but this site made it blatantly clear that it was sex-for-money for everyone except him.

Q. Is it illegal to advertise sexual services on the internet?

A. Yes.

No, it's not in the UK.

You might want to make a donation towards the costs of running this site too, especially if you got stuff from here. It is easily the oldest source for the info that he stole the company details of match.com, for example. Just saying...