Robbed By CreamyJoel

[CuriousArtist]

8 hours ago, Unicorn said:

How long did they take to come? Did you have Ring or similar doorbell camera? No peephole?

The police came a whopping THREE HOURS later. I was staying elsewhere by that point and I only found out because they called to tell me they were at my door. 

[CuriousArtist]

5 hours ago, augustus said:

Wow!!  I'm glad you stood your ground for as long as you could, but better you ended it when you did.  Probably an addict which makes for a dangerous situation.  

He definitely gave addict vibes and seemed a bit delusional. I told him he didn't look anything like his photos and he replied "Yeah well I'm not far off." Smartass that I am, I did tell him he was delusional to think so. 

[Asterisk]

Ad is gone.

[maninsoma]

Yes, the links provided above do not work.  But the guy is probably already back on Rentmen under another name using fake pictures.  It really is too bad that Rentmen dominates the market since they seem to care only about money, with no concern about how frequently their site is used by scammers.

[+ FrankR]

5 hours ago, CuriousArtist said:

He definitely gave addict vibes and seemed a bit delusional. I told him he didn't look anything like his photos and he replied "Yeah well I'm not far off." Smartass that I am, I did tell him he was delusional to think so. 

Well this is the picture he was using.  He will doubtlessly show up again with a different profile. 

[CuriousArtist]

Thanks for the update, I didn't know the profile was gone!

I can only hope he stays gone... or that everyone on RM will use more caution than I did in taking a gamble on this "new guy".

Ironically, the best hookup of this year was someone I also on a new guy with no reviews that I took a gamble on. But won't be doing that again! 

 

[+ azdr0710]

31 minutes ago, CuriousArtist said:

Ironically, the best hookup of this year was someone I also on a new guy with no reviews that I took a gamble on. But won't be doing that again! 

 

I hope you're still in touch with this guy!....sounds like a keeper!

[maninsoma]

The sad thing is that if the guy finds out that people know the fake photo he's using, it's easy enough for him to steal someone else's photo.  Similar with a phone number -- easy enough for a scammer to simply get a new phone number when he realizes the one he's currently using has been identified as belonging to a scammer.  That's why I hold these two things to be true:

1. Caveat emptor.  Ultimately, we as clients are responsible for verifying the legitimacy of the providers we contact.  This is especially true since in most locations where clients live, sex work is not legal.  If you hire some other business professional and they cannot or do not perform the work paid for, at least you have some avenues of recourse.  With escorts you just have to chalk up your loss/bad experience as an unfortunate thing from which you hopefully learned something to avoid having it repeated.

2. Rentmen really should at least verify that the photos used in ads match the identify of the person paying for the ad.  At least that would cut down on some of the thievery.  But, again, it's clear that Rentmen will only act after someone else brings to their attention that the ad is fraudulent.  By that point it's too late for the clients who have already been scammed or, worse, assaulted.

[BuffaloKyle]

6 hours ago, maninsoma said:

Rentmen really should at least verify that the photos used in ads match the identify of the person paying for the ad.  At least that would cut down on some of the thievery.  But, again, it's clear that Rentmen will only act after someone else brings to their attention that the ad is fraudulent.  By that point it's too late for the clients who have already been scammed or, worse, assaulted.

I agree, they should at the very least make the verified pic status a requirement. Someone could still be a thief or have an accomplice make a profile for them but it'd help a little.