Another example of someone looking to make money from escorts by taking something simple and turning it into something complicated.

So far there aren't any charges, unsure how they currently make any money.

If they aren't charging escorts directly they could be charging punters or have advertising on the app. Nobody does this for nothing.
So a question to the OP how do you make money from this app?

I'm completely baffled as to what they're actually offering and what the point of it is...

The person who made contact said he liked it because the messaging is encrypted, no one can look into it.

I guess it's like another What'sapp.

My God it all seems so complicated doesn't it! Who could be arsed to be honest? It doesn't appear to make life/work any safer or less time consuming! These people with their crazy money making schemes hiding under the pretence of improving our safety and peace of mind!

So I'm still waiting almost 2 hours later.

My other question is this, regards safety, am I right in thinking that the messages can't be read or traced by anyone? Just like WhatsApp? So if I've used your system and a crime occurs, or I disappear the authorities cannot obtain any information from the messages on Incall or Telegram?

If so then that's a big reason I wouldn't use it. Text messages and phone data can be really useful in tracking criminals, it helped the police solve a crime against me.

I kept thinking about why the person who contacted me on Telegram yesterday would use that when he has a perfectly usable AW account, and telephone which uses text messaging. His comment of not being 'listened to', the encryption stuck in my head. I've done some Googling about the app this morning and suddenly realised the implications.

Mirror and ladies,
First of all, about safety which is most important...

Yes, Telegram is outstanding secure messenger with all consequences you have mentioned, except following...
I don't recommend you to use Telegram directly to communicate for your business purposes. I suggest you to use INCALL that lives inside Telegram. It is a bit hard to explain, because it is smth new. Just try it for yourself.

INCALL is a very specific service for adults and we understand the risks of your business and we want to keep everyone in safety, and also prevent human trafficking and exploitation of minors. Unfortunately, we unable to warranty anything. But definitely we are open to the authorities and ready to help in these horrible cases.

What INCALL offers for safety rather than todays directories and Web is that your photos and phone number are not publicly available on the Internet. Moreover, you can share your phone number only by request. At the same time, you can receive requests with comfort that todays messengers give. And the last one you are able to change your work phone number keeping contact with existing clients.

Please explain, specifically and in detail, how this in itself makes us safer. Especially given that most of us spend a fair bit of time making sure that our photos and contact details are easily available on the internet.

In a roundabout way I know what they are getting it, for some who don't want publicly viewable details on the internet, I can see how that would work. They would however only have a small pool of potential clients to choose from, being those who (a) have Telegram app and (b) who know about Incall, and sign up to it.

However, for those of us who advertise openly on the internet, it can be a waste of time.

It's also worth knowing that apparently being on Telegram means you are open to unsolicited messages from anyone using it who already has your work number.