There's nothing the police will do. 

With bank transfers i make it very clear. The money must be in my account before the session begins.  So it's basically sent at the time they make the booking.  I will never accept a bank transfer on arrival for appointment.   I want to check my banking app on my phone to make sure its in.  I never trust anyone to show me a fake banking app page showing they've sent it.

I also never accept bank transfer Saturday and Sundays. Its because my bank don't credit them over weekends so I'd never know if its definitely gone through.  I make all weekend clients pay by credit card rather than bank transfer. 

Its sad but there's nothing your friend can do now regarding the money they lost.  Other than put a warning up with the guys phone number. Description and area etc.  So that others don't fall victim to his tricks. 

There's nothing the police will do. 

With bank transfers i make it very clear. The money must be in my account before the session begins.  So it's basically sent at the time they make the booking.  I will never accept a bank transfer on arrival for appointment.   I want to check my banking app on my phone to make sure its in.  I never trust anyone to show me a fake banking app page showing they've sent it.

I also never accept bank transfer Saturday and Sundays. Its because my bank don't credit them over weekends so I'd never know if its definitely gone through.  I make all weekend clients pay by credit card rather than bank transfer. 

Its sad but there's nothing your friend can do now regarding the money they lost.  Other than put a warning up with the guys phone number. Description and area etc.  So that others don't fall victim to his tricks.

I specify it has to arrive 2 hours prior to appointment time, I don't want to be fiddling in apps in the same room as the client potentially exposing each other to passwords, PIN numbers or risking signal problems.

A couple of banks also do not process until the following working day.

A warning is likely the only thing she can do, NUM, here, CE. NUM may also be able to give advice and or pass details to the police. Sometimes chancers do it to a few or do something they can follow up and any info could be useful.

If it was me I would message the client with my bank details and say he has until certain time to transfer the money before I processed with informing the police and advising that non-payment voids the agreement and therefore can be classed as R. This may be enough to make him see sense and cough up. It may not. But that’s what I’d do.
Failing that then all she can do it report it everywhere and learn from this

I don't know what R refers to, but what would be the point of doing this when no offence has been committed? If I was a scum punter and got a message like that I'd just laugh my arse off and bin it.

Vile behaviour by the man who tricked the Op's friend but no way could it be classed as rape. 

I remember some years back in my area a man was known as DaveCheque or something similar because he would produce a signed cheque (remember those!😕)  for the fee and some sp's accepted it. Of course the cheques bounced and by then he had enjoyed himself for free.  He booked me once and produced the cheque while grinning at me. He was back out of my door in ten seconds. No cash no sex.

None of the women he tricked said they'd been raped.

The only thing to do is make sure it isn't repeated. I've never accepted deposits or bank transfers but a great many sps do and hopefully they know what they're doing so they get their payment.

No I wasn’t saying to actually go to the police and report it as rape, I agree it would be pointless. However the message may have made him think twice, or maybe not.

No offence committed?? It’s definitely an offence to agree to see a swx worker, have sex and then not pay!

Just like it’s an offence to remove a condom. It’s an offence because the consented sex was on the basis of using a condom. Removing a condom without permission is an offence. The same as non payment. However you want to look at it is up to you. It’s a grey area. But there’s ‘experts’ and even courts in Australia that absolutely consider non payment as rape.

In some jurisdictions, courts have found that when a person cons a sex worker – refuses or evades the agreed payment for sex – such acts constitute rape, because consent for the sexual act was obtained fraudulently.[i/]
From article: Google: ‘It absolutely should be seen as rape’: when sex workers are conned

No I wasn’t saying to actually go to the police and report it as rape, I agree it would be pointless. However the message may have made him think twice, or maybe not.

No offence committed?? It’s definitely an offence to agree to see a swx worker, have sex and then not pay!

It isn't, because sex based contracts are not legally enforceable and never have been. That's why the first rule of sex work is get the money first. The cases regarding condoms apply to everyone and aren't relevant here - it's shit, but it's the law.

I absolutely agree with you Florence. The consent is based around receiving money for sex, you take away the money and you've removed my consent.

If the SW in the OP didn't agree to sex without being paid, then she shouldn't have had sex without being paid. She didn't wait to make sure she had her money and gave the service anyway, therefore she agreed to unpaid sex.

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