Hello Vancouver and visiting ladies!
I figured I would alert you all of this scam artist, who I got 'burned' by on my recent trip to Vancouver.
Goes by the name Daryl
Can be found as @dangerousd5 on Twitter
Email: [email protected]
Ph.#: 604-2*2-7380 (posting full # on C---.ca)
Description: 40's/possibly early 50's but looks early 40s, tall (6'2-6'3), stocky athletic built, blondish wavy hair down to his shoulders, blue eyes, wears rectangular glasses, missing a bunch of front teeth (but may wear some false teeth to cover that up.) Claims to be of German descent.
'Daryl' started following me on Twitter, and expressed an interest in getting together with me at the earliest opportunity in Vancouver. 'Daryl' has this whole persona built up; claims he is a Vegas billionaire, who spends his time between Vancouver, Vegas, and the Cayman Islands. Claims he flies by private jet, and on Twitter, various times alluded to boating 'on his boat' off the coast of Vancouver.
Claimed over Twitter, and in a couple of longer, well-articulated emails that he was looking for an exclusive travel companion/sugar baby. He even sent me a picture of himself. Happy to send it to any ladies if you PM me.
I was planning on being in Vancouver anyway for an event, and made plans to meet with Daryl on the Saturday night I was in town. He said he would get his 'EA' (exec. asst.) to send me a deposit for the date, but as the date approached, he kept saying how he wasn't sure what time he would get back 'from Vegas', but that he would contact me as soon as he was back. Then on the Friday, he claimed he actually flew in earlier 'from Vegas', so we made plans to meet on the Friday night 'for drinks.' He promised me $500 for Friday, and 'more to follow' on Saturday.
Met with him on the Friday night -- very convincing act. Claims he is a former NHL player, who additionally inherited properties in Germany from his grandmother, as a result finding himself wealthy at a young age, which allowed him to become an owner in MGM Grand in Vegas(!) Again, very convincing story and delivery. Very charming. He even had a story as to how he lost his teeth -- jet-skiing accident he claimed; further claimed that he was allergic to the anesthetic so the dentist could only fix his teeth slowly...riight. He did pay me the $500 over drinks.
I was under the impression that we were only meeting for drinks that night, so I was surprised when he suggested that we go back to my hotel. Normally more money was owing, and in other circumstances I would've asked for additional money up-front. But he had me woo'd and convinced with his story and act, and against my better judgement, we went up to my hotel and spent at additional 2-3 hours of private time there. Claimed he was going to give me more money the next day (riight.)
In the end, he owes me at least $500 for what turned into a 'dinner date' type date, minus the dinner.
Over the next couple of days, he claimed to be stuck in the Cayman Islands due to 'tropical storms'; and claimed that he 'wired me' the remaining $500. Riight. As if you can wire any funds without a person's full info including account #. A couple more days of continuing his BS of being stuck in the Cayman, and then in 'Oklahoma City' (Lol!) I had to call him on his BS and told him that he was nothing but a scam artist. He's stopped texting me.
In a freakish coincidence, I got contacted on Twitter by a non-industry Vancouver woman whose account does seem legit, who told me that she'd been lead on with sweet promises of a glamourous lifestyle by this same Daryl guy for ... 5 years! But that in 5 years of knowing him, she never saw any boat or plane of his, nor had they ever travelled anywhere!
Real life sure is stranger than fiction sometimes.
The woman's story did seem legit, and a lot of the details checked out (description, his claimed ethnic background, his lifestyle allegations -- boat, plan, Cayman Islands), but even if that sounds so unbelievable, all I know is that I got cheated out of $500 by this guy.
Not only that, but I had come to Vancouver on such short notice in part because of this guy's promises that if we liked each other, we would spend a few days 'on his boat' and at his place. Instead, I found myself 'high & dry' having to advertise last-minute availability in Vancouver -- which was not the most profitable thing -- as some of you ladies may already know.
It's not the first time I get scammed by a professional scam artist either in this business I got 'taken' once before in Florida by the 'supposed' drummer from a big-name band, and his 'manager' -- another very convincing scam/act that you can read all about on the National Black List.
Ladies, there are professional scam artists out there who prey on our industry, because they know we are unlikely to report their theft/scam to police, and even if we did report, that there would hardly be any recourse
Please let my story serve as a warning for you to be extra-vigilant, and keep asking for money up-front. If something sounds TGTBT, be on your guard.
I would be so curious if any of you have had any dealings with this 'Daryl.' A Google search did not reveal anything, but I do believe he has other supposed 'sugar babies' in Vancouver (women that he's lying to.) And I have some better idea now as to how he may have lost his teeth(!) You can only go around scamming people for so long, right?
I figured I would alert you all of this scam artist, who I got 'burned' by on my recent trip to Vancouver.
Goes by the name Daryl
Can be found as @dangerousd5 on Twitter
Email: [email protected]
Ph.#: 604-2*2-7380 (posting full # on C---.ca)
Description: 40's/possibly early 50's but looks early 40s, tall (6'2-6'3), stocky athletic built, blondish wavy hair down to his shoulders, blue eyes, wears rectangular glasses, missing a bunch of front teeth (but may wear some false teeth to cover that up.) Claims to be of German descent.
'Daryl' started following me on Twitter, and expressed an interest in getting together with me at the earliest opportunity in Vancouver. 'Daryl' has this whole persona built up; claims he is a Vegas billionaire, who spends his time between Vancouver, Vegas, and the Cayman Islands. Claims he flies by private jet, and on Twitter, various times alluded to boating 'on his boat' off the coast of Vancouver.
Claimed over Twitter, and in a couple of longer, well-articulated emails that he was looking for an exclusive travel companion/sugar baby. He even sent me a picture of himself. Happy to send it to any ladies if you PM me.
I was planning on being in Vancouver anyway for an event, and made plans to meet with Daryl on the Saturday night I was in town. He said he would get his 'EA' (exec. asst.) to send me a deposit for the date, but as the date approached, he kept saying how he wasn't sure what time he would get back 'from Vegas', but that he would contact me as soon as he was back. Then on the Friday, he claimed he actually flew in earlier 'from Vegas', so we made plans to meet on the Friday night 'for drinks.' He promised me $500 for Friday, and 'more to follow' on Saturday.
Met with him on the Friday night -- very convincing act. Claims he is a former NHL player, who additionally inherited properties in Germany from his grandmother, as a result finding himself wealthy at a young age, which allowed him to become an owner in MGM Grand in Vegas(!) Again, very convincing story and delivery. Very charming. He even had a story as to how he lost his teeth -- jet-skiing accident he claimed; further claimed that he was allergic to the anesthetic so the dentist could only fix his teeth slowly...riight. He did pay me the $500 over drinks.
I was under the impression that we were only meeting for drinks that night, so I was surprised when he suggested that we go back to my hotel. Normally more money was owing, and in other circumstances I would've asked for additional money up-front. But he had me woo'd and convinced with his story and act, and against my better judgement, we went up to my hotel and spent at additional 2-3 hours of private time there. Claimed he was going to give me more money the next day (riight.)
In the end, he owes me at least $500 for what turned into a 'dinner date' type date, minus the dinner.
Over the next couple of days, he claimed to be stuck in the Cayman Islands due to 'tropical storms'; and claimed that he 'wired me' the remaining $500. Riight. As if you can wire any funds without a person's full info including account #. A couple more days of continuing his BS of being stuck in the Cayman, and then in 'Oklahoma City' (Lol!) I had to call him on his BS and told him that he was nothing but a scam artist. He's stopped texting me.
In a freakish coincidence, I got contacted on Twitter by a non-industry Vancouver woman whose account does seem legit, who told me that she'd been lead on with sweet promises of a glamourous lifestyle by this same Daryl guy for ... 5 years! But that in 5 years of knowing him, she never saw any boat or plane of his, nor had they ever travelled anywhere!
Real life sure is stranger than fiction sometimes.
The woman's story did seem legit, and a lot of the details checked out (description, his claimed ethnic background, his lifestyle allegations -- boat, plan, Cayman Islands), but even if that sounds so unbelievable, all I know is that I got cheated out of $500 by this guy.
Not only that, but I had come to Vancouver on such short notice in part because of this guy's promises that if we liked each other, we would spend a few days 'on his boat' and at his place. Instead, I found myself 'high & dry' having to advertise last-minute availability in Vancouver -- which was not the most profitable thing -- as some of you ladies may already know.
It's not the first time I get scammed by a professional scam artist either in this business I got 'taken' once before in Florida by the 'supposed' drummer from a big-name band, and his 'manager' -- another very convincing scam/act that you can read all about on the National Black List.
Ladies, there are professional scam artists out there who prey on our industry, because they know we are unlikely to report their theft/scam to police, and even if we did report, that there would hardly be any recourse
Please let my story serve as a warning for you to be extra-vigilant, and keep asking for money up-front. If something sounds TGTBT, be on your guard.
I would be so curious if any of you have had any dealings with this 'Daryl.' A Google search did not reveal anything, but I do believe he has other supposed 'sugar babies' in Vancouver (women that he's lying to.) And I have some better idea now as to how he may have lost his teeth(!) You can only go around scamming people for so long, right?