Scam line! Beware:
On 8-26-2008, I responded to the following ad (have both saved and printed copies) at the above website entitled, "top shelf position!driver [sic] needed 4 escort service $4000+ wkly poss!"
Reply to:
[email protected]
Date: 2008-08-25, 4:10PM
"for more info 6//1//0//9//6//7//9//8//8//8
listen to entire message on prompt #2
if you like what you hear
don't call the 336 # mentioned in message
instead call 3//1//0//5//9//5//6//6//6//3
do not call unless you are ready to start asap!
as early as this evening
and you are prepared to fully comply w/ all aspects of company policy"
I called 610-967-9888, a Verizon North, Inc.--PA land line under the name "DISPATCH ANS SV" located within about 150 ft. of Main St. & S. 4th St., Emmaus, PA on a map where the scale is 1 in. = 500 yds. I further called 310-595-6663, a MCIMetro ATS, Inc. land line under the name "Tanya" located on the north side of Burton Way near N. Crescent Dr. in Beverly Hills, CA on a map of the same scale, leaving my name, phone number and a brief message. A "Tom" called me back immediately, wanting me to obtain a cell phone first, then send a $930 deposit from WalMart via Money Gram. I e-mailed my full name, address, telephone number and the names and phone numbers of two references to
[email protected], as Tom said it was Federally required for application purposes. There were a flurry of phone calls, both incoming and outgoing, involving both my land line and new cellular phone, as well as Tom/Tanya's number. Tom wanted me to call him after each step, but usually did not wait, calling me before I could call him back, pressuring me on the ETA, as the 3 "ladies" I was supposed to "meet and greet" were waiting or getting ready, needed to hire babysitters, get their hair/nails done, etc. Tom having asked me to call him when I got to WalMart, he revised his request downward to $850, which was sent as a MoneyGram International Money Transfer at 6:08 PM EDT, Reference #18906391 to Henry Morgan, Durham (NC), USA, with a Consumer Fee of $57.30. Tom had specified Test Question "Favorite Food?" and Test Answer "Candy." Meanwhile, Tom did not wait for me to even reach my car outside WalMart before calling back, asking for a callback when I was one block away from the Renaissance Center Marriott, a huge public place downtown, about 10 miles away. Once there, just after 6:30 PM EDT, he claimed the ladies were delayed until 7:45 PM EDT and, asking if I ate, suggested that I go inside to eat, but never called back. I began calling Tom around 8 PM EDT, but no answer, going to voice mail, and, after leaving only one message, the error message that the voice mail box was full, nor did Tom answer the phone when I blocked my number (*67 prefix). I gave up about 8:20 PM EDT and returned to WalMart, where it was too late to cancel the transaction, returning home to call MoneyGram.