210-319-0960

Unwanted solicitation for driver of Escort Service.Asks for a deposit of $900.00 Dollars for security reasons as you will be handling money.

Recording describing job of Driver for escort service. Fraudulent activity. Money sent and no reply.  $900 requested, $260 sent. Money not recovered

I have been contacted by this company as well, how did you get them the money? Was it Western Union?
Please leave your response on here...thanks

Hi, did you really give them the money and then didn't get the actual job?  I talked to the guy (from Texas) and he was really rude, but I thought it was legit.  Please tell me your story...

Answered an ad on BackPage.com, adult job section. Asks to call 610-967-9888 which is a lengthy recording. No. located in Pennsylvannia. Describes on message that will work from 12 midnight to 6 am. You are paid $30 per each appt. you deliver girl to. Usually about 18-20 appts. per shift, thus big money. Since all cash business, I must post a $930 deposit. On the 2nd night of work, I recover my deposit. Fair enough but....I've worked some escort services in the past and 'NO ONE' has ever asked for a deposit. I called the other number 210-319-0960 (it's a cell phone in San Antonio, Texas)-no caller ID (of course!)The guy sounded gruff, like a smoker and a drinker. Good confident talker. The ad also had another number on it saying don't call the number in the pre-recorded message, call 210-319-0960 instead. The number in the message, 336-964-9387 is a Asheboro, North Carolina cell phone. No doubt, the guy wants to hide his tracks and has numbers all over the place. Escort agencies DON'T ask drivers for deposits!!! BEWARE. I'll ask my wife to track this idiot down since she does skip tracing. I'm sure he'd like a visit from law enforcement. [***]!!

Yea, I fell for it too... sounded sketchy but went for it anyway... he even knew my area and asked me to meet the girls.. i posted the deposit, and got a call from the guy telling me where to meet the girls.. he gave me names and decriptions and everything.. went to the hotel to meet them, waited over an hour, called the guy back, left messages and no response... DO NOT CALL THIS [***]!! it is a scam!... I have a name Barbara A. York from Wendell N.C... lets get this guy who is stealing our money!

Yep, he is a prime scam artist.  With the economy basically "[***]" people like this will take prey on folks that are looking for a better way to make money.  BEWARE.  NO girls will show up.  He will not call you after you give hime the MTCN number (Western Union). DO NOT do business with anyone that only does business with wire transfers.  It is a definite red flag.  Real escort businesses deal on a person to person basis.  Cash exchanges hands, not wire transfers.  They don't ask for deposits either.  Where are the real business people at?  Don't fall for the BS!

I saw an ad on craigslist advertising for a driver for an escort service. The ad gave a number to call ( 610-967-9888) and to listen to for more information. It was a 14 minute detailed description of the job and everything around it. It gave details to call a certain number afterwards and to leave information regarding yourself. I talked to this guy named Tim and he explained the job a little bit and gave me details about who the girls were that I was supposed to drive around, what the accountants name was an explained the deposit procedures. He had me email supermoney66@yahoo.com, my name, address and references. From there I went to Walmart and sent him a moneygram for $365 plus $22 and change for fees. The details he gave me were very tight. I sent the money to him and haven't heard back since. 336-964-9387 is another number I had for him.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION!!!  I've been talking to the guy "Tom" for the past couple days about the job.  Yes $930 deposit that I supposedly get back on the first night of work.  12 midnight to 6AM shift.  $30 per appointment.  All the same details you guys have been referencing.  Till I read this I was a phone call away from sending this guy my money.  Again, thank you so much for posting this!!  Sorry you guys had to get screwed for a naive [***] like myself to get saved but I'm way too broke to be losing that kind of cash to some internet scam.  I'd rather lose it to an ugly "escort".  If it helps anyone who may be close to authority figures the number he's using as of today (May 18) is 215-531-7686.

THIS GUY IS NOT STEALING ANY THING YOU ARE GIVING HIM THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow,wow i just fell 4 it this [***] really got me 4 400 bill and evrything u said he did..now i'm tring to get this fool....he gave me a email 2 send my info to divinty escort and got a respond saying that a contract was going to be sent email in 2-4hrs, and never sent and the last time i taked to him he he was telling me to go meet the girls and never show up..my QUSTION IS ARE U SUEING AND CAN U SUE?..MY WIFE IS KNOW TRING TO TRACK THIS GUY WITH EVERY INFO I GOT ...EMAIL ME AT SHORTIEE2009@YAHOO.COM..THAX

He is scamming the Dayton, Ohio Craiglist as we speak. I have a FBI agent on him as we speak! The funny thing is the middle men dont even know what is going on!

I too would like to send my thanks to those who've posted their experience.  He's/They've posted on Craigslist again recently with information about the driving job, again seemingly using the same 14min message like before.  I was about to call him the next morning when I came across this page.  

My condolences to those who got scammed by these/this rat, but thank you for posting about it here.  

Numbers used: (610)967-9888

Yeah he's back. Hitting Vegas now. Knows the area really well. Has a great story line but guys full of [***]. Anyone get anywhere with reporting this guy?

I did some research. The 310 595 6663 number is a land line in Beverly Hills. I didn't get scammed but if you did and want your money back use www.freecellphonetracer.com  to find out more.

The so-called free cell phone trace reveals no more than is already known.  This is just a come-on for a $14.95 search or $39.95 Premium Membership.

Wow, I wish I would have read this before I just sent this guy [***] $930 bucks.  He tells me to go the Beverly Hills Hotel to meet the girls I will be driving around, funny thing is no girls show up, I sit there looking like a [***] and now I try to call the number and it is no good.  I go to Verizon only to find out it is a prepaid phone.  I feel like a real dip [***] since I just moved to LA and spent my money on first and last months rent and had $1000 left to my name.  I just gave this [***] $930 of it.  I am so pissed right now I can't even see straight!!!

Yours is the most recent posting.  I am terribly sorry that this happened to you, too, as happened to me.  I did what I could to eliminate the ad's after I was scammed in Aug., before it could happen again to others like you.  All backpage.com and craigslist.org ad's were removed after I filed fraud abuse complaints on each and every ad; however, the ad's re-appeared on backpage.com in Sept. and backpage.com has failed to remove them after I complained at least twice regarding each and every city/region.  The ad's appeared coast to coast, from Maine to Sacramento and from Seattle to Daytona, even Honolulu, and lots of cities in-between.  Like me, you didn't read the other comments before sending money, as you wish you had, because scammers rush their victims, applying pressure to hurry, call back, meet a deadline, people are waiting, etc., so that there is little or no time to think about it or research.  I have also been as angry as you, finding out why the old saying is, "so mad I couldn't see straight," because my vision blurred.  You will feel better if you do something about it, like reporting the criminal activity at https://tips.fbi.gov/ and/or The Internet Crime Complaint Center at http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx , as involving interstate wire fraud.  You could also file a consumer complaint at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ .  The Federal Trade Commission will respond with general information and store your complaint in a database used by law enforcement, but may not take further action.  Check your local backpage.com, craigslist.org and/or nuvo.net ad's for re-appearance of the scam (I check daily) and send fraud abuse complaints to abuse@backpage.com, abuse@craigslist.org or abuse@nuvox.net, respectively.  Use the various phone numbers as search terms to find ad's in other cities and complain about them, too:  
310-595-6663 (MCIMetro ATS, Inc. Anaheim, CA 92801 land line under the name "Tanya")
404-295-1907
610-967-9888 (Verizon North, Inc.--Emmaus, PA 18049 land line under the name "DISPATCH ANS SV" )
888-280-6241 (voice mail only / "Phone Sex Center")
210-319-0960 (San Antonio, TX cell phone)
336-964-9387 (Asheboro, NC cell phone)
215-531-7686
214-542-4230
On 8-26-2008, I responded to the following ad (have both saved and printed copies) on craigslist.org, "top shelf position!driver [sic] needed 4 escort service $4000+ wkly poss!"
Reply to: gigs-812520188@craigslist.org
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 lightfootwillie@mail.com, 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," however, it turned out that the WalMart clerk failed to enter the Test Q & A, MoneyGram (800-666-3947) telling me later, after the money was received at 5:58 PM Central, presumably 6:58 PM EDT, that, for lack of a Test Q&A, that Henry Morgan had to have displayed (fake?) ID which Money Gram would have recorded, such as state driver license number, and that they will release such information in response to a police/court subpeona.  Perhaps the scam partner was so greedy that (s)he displayed real ID to obtain the money, which could result in an arrest.  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.

WOW, apparently he hasn't been caught yet, since I JUST saw an add on craigslist in Las Vegas for this. I just quit my job & this sounded like a great cash opportunity... but I'm no SUCKER. Red flags immediately went off when the guy said he was in business for 25 years, but call THIS number instead of THAT number.  I'm sorry but if you've been in business that long you should have a reliable OFFICE phone number for people to reach you at.  The damn area codes don't even match! And if your company is so reputable, can't you have a nicely recorded professional message.  The guys sounds like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs for hells sake. "It puts the lotion on its skin!!!" Ewwww... I knew it was too good to be true. Thank god for Google & this website.  Sorry you guys lost your money to such an assclown, but honestly... this is 2008, do your homework before handing over money like that! You WIRE TRANSFERED IT?! OMG.

I just fell for this the guy said he was an old marine vet and had me wire transfer 920 bucks to garner north carolina and then go meet three girls at the a hotel to drive them that night.  He used a test question so he didnt have to use an id to get the money.  I called moneygram and they said the transaction was completed in raliegh north carolina.  the numbers used were 818-319-7606, 818-319-7626 and an email address of hiddentreasure458@mail.com.  my email address is wwpuntadogww@hotmail.com
Is someone in North Carolina willing to help all of us track this [***].  I want to find him and if someone helps I promise we will all have justice.