Well, all I can say is thank God Pandora put this up. This may be a coincidence but the similarities were too hard to ignore, so I'm going to put this up.
I received a call this morning wanting an incall at my flat for 5pm today. Black guy, sounds lovely, well-spoken, etc.
After the initial booking he did begin to get on my nerves a bit because he called a couple of times making sure of the services I offered (just like Pandora's guy). He also said that whilst he would pay me for the full hour, he wouldn't be able to stay for the duration as he had to fly out this evening. Although he did try to change the time later on and wanted to see me at 10pm this evening as he "didn't have to fly out until tomorrow now". I declined as I don't work that late. So we stuck to 5pm.
It wasn't until the 3rd phone call he mentioned the euros. He asked if I would accept them and that he would pay me 200euros, which is nearly ?180. I only charge ?140 for an hour so I wondered why he would charge over the odds and not stay for the full hour.
Initially I said okay, that's fine. I work in the city so it would've been no problem going to a bureau de change afterwards to change it up. I've done it a couple of times before.
But then the wheels started turning. I thought, this sounds familiar. So I came on here and looked for Pandora's warning and the similarities were striking. The thing that made me hesitate was the different phone number. I dropped Pandora an email and she was kind enough to respond almost immediately. But in the meantime I text "Michael" (that's the name he gave me) back and asked if I could be paid in sterling. He said no problem, he'll change it before he gets to the booking.
Meanwhile he was having trouble with somebody not turning up for a meeting and was iffy about the meeting going ahead at 5. He said if this booking fell through, could he reschedule for tomorrow morning. I did say yes, but those alarm bells were stilll ringing in the distant.
Funnily enough, about 15mins after I text him to ask to be paid in sterling, he text back cancelling, citing meetings running over time. By then Pandora had written back and more or less confirmed my suspicions. He would like to reschedule for tomorrow, but obviously that ain't happening.
Ironically, he described himself in a text to me, so even though I haven't met him, I can pretty much describe what he looks like:
He's 6ft 6", built like a rugby player and weighs about 19st. Goes by the name of "Michael". The number he called me on was: 07540 369 1**
Shame now, because after that I won't be accepting euros now.
Topic: Euro scammer (Read 4101 times)