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You basically can't get Marco if you didn't book Richard lol it's a prerequisite 

Thanks for this!  I've been thinking about booking with either him or his younger assistant Marco.  Having a sexy masseur is great, but it doesn't compensate for a lack of skill.  If Richard has good hands *and* a nice body, that's very helpful to know!

I may have run into this guy on doublelist: I replied to a post advertising a massage.  When he wrote back, I asked if he had a listing/reviews anywhere: he directed me to "madeinbrasil" on rentmen... but there was basically nothing there, so it's hard for me to know if he's legit.  Sounds like others here have had mixed experiences with him: personally, I think I'll steer clear - at least for now. 

Just don't pay in advance.  Or if you are inclined to believe it's reasonable to pay a deposit in advance for a one-hour appointment, only book providers with a good reputation on a site like this so at least you know it isn't a scam.  There's no other way to know for sure whether is a scammer.  Sure, there might be an honest guy on Scruff or some other app who follows through on appointments with clients they meet on those apps, but it's very easy for someone to create a profile, use someone else's alluring photos, and then take people's money and delete the profile and create another one.  They know that almost no one would pursue getting ripped off in this way, so ripping off gullible people who will send a payment electronically to some unknown person is just picking low hanging fruit.  Don't be low hanging fruit.

How to spot a scammer on scruff?  They're advertising on scruff!

Thanks, everyone!  He’s offered to have a phone convo, so I’ll take him up on that and see how it goes.  But I think it would take a lot to convince me to go through with it this time.

"Straight guy" = pay me to meet you and do nothing. Then inform you that for much, much more, I MIGHT do a little more. But no guarantee.
I have a huge "straight guy" fetish. But I'm not stupid.

When in doubt leave out.