Outcall Scam using prepaid "My Card"?
Hi Everyone,
Had an embarrassing and confusing experience tonight that I thought I should share / ask for comments on.
I was approached online by a "22 yo student" offering "compensated dating".3, 000NTD for 2hours. This was on the mainland hook-up app called "MoMo" &38476; &38476;
I am an ABC and my Chinese is not that great, but I decided to give it a go and ended up texting her on "LINE"
She told me to go to a street in Fengshan District, then called me saying a guy (her pimp) would call me.
He did. And asked me to buy 3, 000NTD worth of "My Card" points at the nearest convenience store.
I did. Then sent a photo of the card I'd and password to the girl.
Next the pimp calls me back and told me the points are valid, but since its my first time using his service, he needs to ensure I am not LE.
He asks me to put up a bond. 20, 000NTD worth of "My Card" points. Which the girl will repay in cash once she meets me and looks at my I'd to ensure I am not LE.
I am uncomfortable with this number, and am pretty sure they already have access to the points I already bought. In any case, only have 2, 000NTD in cash on me. He says this is fine, so I stupidly buy 2, 000NTD more in "MyCard" points.
The guy calls back again saying the points are valid, but the girl is nervous that I really am LE and asks me to buy 8, 000NTD more.
I decline saying (truthfully) I have no more cash. He threatens to kill me.
I get the heck out of the unfamiliar neighborhood and go home. The girl continues to LINE me saying she will definitely refund the deposit money, but that I just need to do it to prove I am not LE. She is very insistent that she will give me good service once the deposit is taken care.
I go on to the "MyCard" Taiwan website and see that the points have already been redeemed. I figured as much. But I have never used "MyCard" so have no idea how it all works, what the point are used for, how to get a cash refund, etc.
I don't have much experience with P4P. Never done outcall before, so don't know how the payment system usually works. And my Chinese is not good enough to navigate the Taiwan websites on mongering.
But seems to me that sending passwords for digital recharge cards before the deed is done is a great way to get ripped off.
I am fine with losing 5, 000NTD. Call it tuition. But just don't want any further trouble with the pimp. He claims he will come after me. He has my phone number.
Any comments or suggestions? Thanks.
Outcall scam. Thanks for the info!
Hey Seamaster,
Thanks very much for the below info.
LOL! I am usually smarter than that, but I guess my little brother is pretty dumb and only thinks about one thing!
I didn't notice the phone number until you mentioned it but you are right, the number shows up on my phone as "+9XXXXXXXX" nine digits total, where as local calls are "09XXX." 10 digits including the "0". All the numbers are like this. The girl, the pimp and one other number which I did not answer after things went south.
Thanks for that tip! Makes me feel much better that they are probably not in Taiwan.
I guess they are using VPN to spoof their location on Momo? I noticed the last known location of the girl was within 5km of me.
Thanks also for your tips. I have learned my lesson! And thanks the recommendation for Green House. I have been there once. They also asked me if I was LE and wanted to see my I'd (which I didn't bring as I didn't want to lose if I got shook down.) I'll stick to known places recommended by more experienced brothers on this forum!
In hindsight I feel silly that I fell for this, but hope that others can learn from my mistake.
Cheers! SHJack.
[QUOTE=Seamaster811; 1485963]Hey SHjack.
Sorry to hear about what happened to you. What you encountered was a classic P4P scam where a girl contacts you online, she miraculously happens to be in the same city as you, you arrange a meet up, but before you can see the girl you need to confirm you're not a cop through various methods that all involve money. It's a classic scam that's been going on for years.
5, 000 isn't that bad. Good thing you had the smarts to pull out before it got any higher. They will keep milking you non-stop and I've known people who've been scammed out of 30, 000+. Consider yourself lucky. And yes, it's "tuition".
What you should do now is just ignore them. Don't confront them, explain yourself to them, or even reply to their texts. They will threaten to kill you or whatever but it's all empty threats. Did you notice that the number they used to call you (not the girl, but the dudes') all look funny? That's because these scam groups are all based in China. So don't worry about the threats. Just completely ignore them and they will leave you alone after a week or two...[/QUOTE]
Update on the Feng Shan Strip
Some of us hit up places outside of Kaohsiung City for cheap service. Usually the price is 1600 for 40 minutes of FS. And while the quality of the girls can't compare to those in the city, it's still a pretty good bang for your buck when you just need a quick fix. Most of these places seem to be in Feng Shan. There's the strip on Jian Guo Road and some more on Feng Song Road near the 10 Freeway. I hit up Jian Guo Road sometimes when I just need a cheap bang, and the girls used to be doable, but unfortunately I can't say that's the case anymore.
Long story short, the last 3 times I went to the Feng Shan Strip, the girls have been pretty bad. None of the girls I liked before work there anymore, and the new ones have gone sharply down in quality. Before the girls were like 30+ and average a 7, maybe an 8 if you're lucky, but now the girls are pushing on 40 and average 5-6. Seriously, it's that bad. And the service has gone down quite a bit too. Alice Spa used to do cat washes and sometimes BBBJ on the shower bed but now you just lay there to get lathered up and that's it. One of the pimps I'm kind of cool with at Crystal Spa kind of let me know that something was up but said he couldn't divulge too much, but he made it clear that this is how things are now and it'll probably be that way for awhile.
So just letting you guys know. It's still the cheapest option for FS, but know beforehand that you're getting girls around 40 that average 5-6 in dim lighting. Might be a problem for some, might not for others. Personally, I don't think the Feng Shan Strip is worth going to anymore. If price is your main concern, just go to the old apartment buildings on Qi Xian Road that advertise 24H KTV like Hawaii Spa or something. Same price, 1600 for 40 minutes of FS, but the girls are better. Just my two cents.
Peace out.