Hi I hope I've put this question in the right area, apologies if not. I need some advice.whilst we have plenty of scammers in this world. What do you girls do when you have a genuine client wanting to make a part payment upfront?

The reason I ask if my bank account is in my real world name and I would never want to give out that personal detail. Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards

If you do a search for 'deposit' and maybe 'prepay card' there should be a fair few discussions coming up.

Personally I agree with Kendall, but I've taken deposits before for travel costs when I used to do distance outcalls and mostly used Amazon vouchers .

Get your money cash upfront , Simple.How do you know the client is genuine ? I have even had regulars try to steal from me ,you can't trust all of your clients ...cash upfront ,or no booking.

For a bank transfer to be made to you, the client would only need two pieces of information - the sort code and the account number. Your name isn't needed and won't show on his statement/documents.

You will however be able to see his name on your bank statement.

This doesn't mean it's 100% safe by the way but your name won't be revealed. For what it's worth I have used this method with trusted clients and so far have never had a problem. (Although I do have an account solely for this purpose that is otherwise empty, and withdraw the cash before meeting them - just on the offchance they could somehow take it back.)

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For a bank transfer to be made to you, the client would only need two pieces of information - the sort code and the account number. Your name isn't needed and won't show on his statement/documents.

You will however be able to see his name on your bank statement.

This doesn't mean it's 100% safe by the way but your name won't be revealed. For what it's worth I have used this method with trusted clients and so far have never had a problem. (Although I do have an account solely for this purpose that is otherwise empty, and withdraw the cash before meeting them - just on the offchance they could somehow take it back.)

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I always thought this would work but someone said on another thread that banks often confirm the name when someone pays in just using the account number and sort code so maybe more people know your real name than you think!

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I always thought this would work but someone said on another thread that banks often confirm the name when someone pays in just using the account number and sort code so maybe more people know your real name than you think!

  ..Great, I've just accepted an advanced booking for next week via bank transfer. I honestly feel queasy right now, can physically feel my stomach churning.

I've only ever done that once with an evening outcall to Gatwick with a guy from Sweden stopping over. I asked for full payment via bank transfer it took ages to come thro, literally on the day of the booking by which time I was panicking!

However duration was probably due to it being an international transfer, poor guy was having to send me copies of the transfer via email but I was still happier once I'd seen it on my bank statement, minutes before I was due to leave.

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poor guy was having to send me copies of the transfer via email

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I can't focus right now, so stressed, keep stuffing marshmallows into my mouth  vanilla and raspberry..food solves everything!

Same here, enforced time off, then dead as a dodo all week 

So its,quadruple Belgian chocolate cookies for me, double or triple just won't hack it.

Same here, enforced time off, then dead as a dodo all week 

So its,quadruple Belgian chocolate cookies for me, double or triple just won't hack it.

I had those yesterday  If you are what you eat then I'd prob look like a giant,soft chocolate chip cookie or a family sized cadburys bar.

Sorry to be a downer with bank transfers but can't bank transfers be claimed back.

There was a thread on here a while ago where the girl in question had received a bank transfer then the guy had gone to his bank and claimed he made it in error or it was a fraudulent activity and then the bank had removed the funds from her account?

I've seen him before (once) and money was no object, paid for hotel and tip etc but at the time I had ( possible) bookings lined up so I took the risk and paid for the hotel myself in advance and then when I saw him in person he then paid me in cash.

However being feb..I dont have any bookings lined up for next week so he's volunteered to put the cash into my bank ( he can't do online transfer as he's married). This is the first time I've agreed to do this method. I'm more stressed about him knowing me name...but after eating a whole bag of marshmallows I thought " so what if he knows my first name", It's not the end of the world and if it is then I'll cross that bridge when it comes to it.    besides by the sounds of it he has more to lose than I do