What is/was the Murray Hill Massage Mafia/Gang?

[Callas]

Could anyone tell me what the Murray Hill Massage Mafia gang was/is?

i read it many times here on this forum, but don’t understand. Thanks!

[Eyeinyhesky]

I asked someone this a while ago. this is what they told me “ I only knew the Murray Hill Gang of years ago in Manhattan. A guy in NYC brought them over on work visas as massage therapists & personal trainers, had another guy do hot photos of them, & a handler sent them out overpromising & underdelivering.  Some freaked out meeting guy clients.  I had heard there are new rings, the biggest based  in Los Angeles.”

[Callas]

Found this from 2019:

”Take an R out of his current name and you find the same old story of the Murray Hill/East Side gang of swindlers. The handler with whom you have to communicate will promise anything, and then "straight" guys arrive and are "horrified" when you ask what has been promised. I am so sure they are "surprised" given the photos they post on RMasseur. These guys are cash machines and their clients are ATMs to them. Their employer arranges their visas and they are stuck here and have to do something. Who knows what they have been told in their home country that they will be doing to get them to sign on and come here. They want to come here and to make amounts of money quickly, something not possible in their home country. So they are easy prey as they don't have the money to get here. Once they are here, they don't yet have the money to leave. Attempts at other employment can get them deported. They are stuck. Same shit as shitt. Just a different spelling all the way round. If you are promised and pay for a BMW with lots of extras and are delivered a top of the line Toyota with standard extras, you get a good quality, reliable car. But you paid for a BMW.“

[+ FrankR]

1 minute ago, Callas said:

Found this from 2019:

”Take an R out of his current name and you find the same old story of the Murray Hill/East Side gang of swindlers. The handler with whom you have to communicate will promise anything, and then "straight" guys arrive and are "horrified" when you ask what has been promised. I am so sure they are "surprised" given the photos they post on RMasseur. These guys are cash machines and their clients are ATMs to them. Their employer arranges their visas and they are stuck here and have to do something. Who knows what they have been told in their home country that they will be doing to get them to sign on and come here. They want to come here and to make amounts of money quickly, something not possible in their home country. So they are easy prey as they don't have the money to get here. Once they are here, they don't yet have the money to leave. Attempts at other employment can get them deported. They are stuck. Same shit as shitt. Just a different spelling all the way round. If you are promised and pay for a BMW with lots of extras and are delivered a top of the line Toyota with standard extras, you get a good quality, reliable car. But you paid for a BMW.“

Don’t believe everything you read. I met a few of the guys in “the gang” and although their pictures were often overly flattering and they upcharged when they could, there was never any indications of the accusations you quoted. Mostly, they were young guys from Europe, seeking a good time in New York City and funding their partying and travels by working in gyms as trainers and doing massage gigs.  
 

Of course, I did not meet everyone alleged to be part of the “gang” so I can only speak to what the ones I did meet told me. 

[+ FrankR]

I should also add that the Murray Hill gang disbanded in 2018 when NYC became too expensive and they briefly relocated to Miami (I kept in touch with some of the guys).  Funny enough I came across some of the “verification videos” they were so famous for making when I cleaned up my Youtube saved items. The videos are still there and live if you know where to look. 

[sammygolf]

Same. I think people love creating urban legends and gang/mafia in general... Likewise, Of course, I did not meet "everyone" alleged to be part of the "“gang”" so I can only speak to what the ones I did meet told me.